Associations to the word «Gore»

Wiktionary

GORE, noun. (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
GORE, noun. ​Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
GORE, noun. Murder, bloodshed, violence.
GORE, verb. (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.
GORE, noun. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
GORE, noun. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
GORE, noun. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
GORE, noun. A projecting point.
GORE, noun. (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
GORE, verb. To cut in a triangular form.
GORE, verb. To provide with a gore.
GORE, proper noun. A surname​.
GORE, proper noun. A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River.

Dictionary definition

GORE, noun. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948).
GORE, noun. Coagulated blood from a wound.
GORE, noun. A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails.
GORE, noun. The shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen".
GORE, verb. Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument.
GORE, verb. Cut into gores; "gore a skirt".

Wise words

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