Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense gores, present participle goring, past tense, past participle gored
1. verb [usually passive]
If someone is gored by an animal, they are badly wounded by its horns or tusks.
Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros. [beVERB-ed]
He was gored to death in front of his family. [beVERB-ed + to]
Synonyms: pierce, wound, stab, spit More Synonyms of gore
2. uncountable noun
Gore is blood from a wound that has become thick.
There were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.
Synonyms: blood, slaughter, bloodshed, carnage More Synonyms of gore
gore in British English1
(ɡɔː)
noun
1.
blood shed from a wound, esp when coagulated
2. informal
killing, fighting, etc
Word origin
Old English gor dirt; related to Old Norse gor half-digested food, Middle Low German göre, Dutch goor
gore in British English2
(ɡɔː)
verb
(transitive)
(of an animal, such as a bull) to pierce or stab (a person or another animal) with a horn or tusk
Word origin
C16: probably from Old English gār spear
gore in British English3
(ɡɔː)
noun
1.
a tapering or triangular piece of material used in making a shaped skirt, umbrella, etc
2.
a similarly shaped piece, esp of land
verb
3. (transitive)
to make into or with a gore or gores
Derived forms
gored
adjective
Word origin
Old English gāra; related to Old Norse geiri gore, Old High German gēro
Gore in British English
(ɡɔː)
noun
Al(bert) Jr. born 1948, US Democrat politician; vice president of the US (1993–2001); defeated in the disputed presidential election of 2000; leading environmental campaigner; shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel For Climate Change
Gore in American English
(gɔr)
Albert (Arnold, Jr.)1948- ; vice president of the U.S. (1993-2001)
gore in American English1
(gɔr)
noun
blood shed from a wound, esp. when clotted
Word origin
ME gore, filth < OE gor, dung, filth, akin to ON gor, Welsh gor, MDu gore < IE base *gwher-, hot > warm, L fornax, furnace
gore in American English2
(gɔr)
verb transitiveWord forms: gored or ˈgoring
to pierce with or as with a horn or tusk
Word origin
ME goren < gore, a spear < OE gar: see gore3
gore in American English3
(gɔr)
noun
1.
a small, triangular piece of land as where two roads diverge
2.
a tapering piece of cloth made or inserted in a skirt, sail, etc. to give it fullness
verb transitiveWord forms: gored or ˈgoring
3.
to make or insert a gore or gores in
Word origin
ME gore < OE gara, corner < base of gar, a spear, akin to MDu gheere, Ger gehre, gusset < IE base *ghaiso-, a stake, javelin > Ger geissel, a whip
Examples of 'gore' in a sentence
gore
There will be a lot of blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At least they are equally used to the sight of blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That may be as well, given the blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
People have always been drawn to suffering, blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
En route to the verdict, there are lashings of blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Don't go into too much detail about blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I am not a person who gains joy from watching horror movies and seeing blood and gore.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'm not so much into gore.
The Sun (2016)
He was a prolific writer and had a host of other interests - including his collection of 20,000 books dealing mainly with blood and gore.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
gore
British English: gore VERB
If someone is gored by an animal, they are badly wounded by its horns or tusks.
He had been gored by a rhinoceros.
American English: gore
Brazilian Portuguese: escornar
Chinese: > 抵伤动物用角或獠牙
European Spanish: cornear
French: encorner
German: aufspießen
Italian: incornare
Japanese: 傷つける
Korean: ~의 뿔에 받히다
European Portuguese: escornar
Latin American Spanish: cornear
British English: gore NOUN
Gore is blood from a wound that has become thick.
There were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.
American English: gore
Brazilian Portuguese: sangue
Chinese: > 血块动物用角或獠牙
European Spanish: sangre
French: sang
German: Blut
Italian: sangue coagulato
Japanese: 血のり
Korean: 핏덩이
European Portuguese: sangue
Latin American Spanish: sangre
(noun)
Definition
blood shed from a wound
films full of blood and gore
Synonyms
blood
an inherited defect in the blood
slaughter
The annual slaughter of wildlife is horrific.
bloodshed
an end to bloodshed and to the economic chaos
carnage
Their peaceful protest ended in carnage.
butchery
War is simply a legalised form of butchery.
(verb)
Definition
(of an animal) to pierce or stab (a person or another animal) with a horn or tusk
He was gored to death by a rhinoceros.
Synonyms
pierce
Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork.
wound
The driver of the bus was wounded by shrapnel.
stab
Somebody stabbed him in the stomach.
spit
transfix
impale
I had to go to hospital after impaling my foot on a railing spike.