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Webster 1913 Edition

Gore

Gore

,
Noun.
[AS.
gor
dirt, dung; akin to Icel.
gor
, SW.
gorr
, OHG.
gor
, and perh. to E.
cord
,
chord
, and
yarn
; cf. Icel.
görn
,
garnir
, guts.]
1.
Dirt; mud.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.
2.
Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.
Milton.

Gore

,
Noun.
[OE.
gore
,
gare
, AS.
g[GREEK]ra
angular point of land, fr.
g[GREEK]r
spear; akin to D.
geer
gore, G.
gehre
gore,
ger
spear, Icel.
geiri
gore,
geir
spear, and prob. to E.
goad
. Cf.
Gar
,
Noun.
,
Garlic
, and
Gore
,
Verb.
]
1.
A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.
2.
A small traingular piece of land.
Cowell.
3.
(Her.)
One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
☞ It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.

Gore

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gored
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Goring
.]
[OE.
gar
spear, AS.
g[GREEK]r
. See 2d
Gore
.]
To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.
The low stumps shall
gore

His daintly feet.
Coleridge.

Gore

,
Verb.
T.
To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore;
as, to
gore
an apron
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gore

GORE

,
Noun.
[Gr. from issuing.]
1.
Blood; but generally, thick or clotted blood; blood that after effusion becomes inspissated.
2.
Dirt; mud. [Unusual.]

GORE

, n.
1.
A wedge-shaped or triangular piece of cloth sewed into a garment to widen it in any part.
2.
A slip or triangular piece of land.
3.
In heraldry, an abatement denoting a coward. It consists of two arch lines, meeting in an acute angle in the middle of the fess point.

GORE

, v.t.
1.
To stab; to pierce; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear.
2.
To pierce with the point of a horn.
If an ox gore a man or a woman--Ex.21.

Definition 2024

Gore

Gore

See also: gore, góré, göre, gøre, górę, and Göre

English

Proper noun

Gore

  1. A surname​.
    Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.
  2. A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River.

Translations

References

  • Hanks, Patrick (2003), “Gore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press

gore

gore

See also: göre, gøre, góré, górę, Gore, and Göre

English

Noun

gore ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Fisher to this entry?)
  2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  3. Murder, bloodshed, violence.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from gore ‎(“a projecting point”), or ultimately from Old English gār ‎(“spear”), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Verb

gore ‎(third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.
    The bull gored the matador.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English gāra, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.

Noun

gore ‎(plural gores)

  1. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
  2. 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
    • 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, Part II, chapter4:
      Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  3. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  4. A projecting point.
  5. (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
Translations

Verb

gore ‎(third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.
    to gore an apron

Anagrams

Kurdish

Noun

gore ?

  1. stockings

Portuguese

Verb

gore

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of gorar
  3. third-person singular imperative of gorar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gora compare gora (hill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôre/
  • Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍre ‎(Cyrillic spelling го̏ре)

  1. up, above

Antonyms

Noun

gȍre f ‎(Cyrillic spelling горе)

  1. genitive singular form of gora
  2. nominative plural form of gora
  3. accusative singular form of gora
  4. vocative singular form of gora

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡôreː/
  • Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍrē ‎(Cyrillic spelling го̏ре̄)

  1. worse

Etymology

From any of various places named Gore, from gore ‎(“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɔːr/

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