gore
To pierce with a horn or tuskTo pierce with a horn or tusk.
» Don't let the bull gore you.
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6 senses(transitive)To pierce with a horn or tusk.
The bull gored the matador.
aufspießen, stechen
бода́тьbodátʹ, бодну́тьbodnútʹ
To cut into a triangular form.
cut into gores
To provide with a gore.
to gore an apron
(obsolete, transitive)To cover or smear with blood.
(obsolete, transitive)To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To needle or wound the feelings of.
Examples
15 sentencesDon't let the bull gore you.
My skirt has gores to make it fuller.
It's awful when a bull gores one of the runners.
The man was gored by the sheep in the stable.
The woman was gored by the sheep in the stable.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, fFrom Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”).
From Middle English goren, from gore (“gore”), ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore (“a projecting point”).
From Middle English gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old English gāra, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *gaizô.
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Forms
gores, goring, gored, goredSynonyms
30 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle