Meaning

4 senses
  1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

    They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

    Wunde

    боля́чкаboljáčka, ра́наrána, я́зваjázva

    боля́чкаboljáčka, ра́наrána

  2. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

  3. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

  4. A young buck in its fourth year.

More definitions
  • an open skin infection

Examples

249 sentences
  1. I don't have a sore throat.

    У мене не болить горло. — deniko

    ruУ меня не болит горло. — marafon

    deIch habe keine Halsschmerzen. — wolfgangth

  2. I still have a sore throat.

    У мене досі запалене горло. — Ahha

    deIch habe immer noch Halsschmerzen. — wolfgangth

  3. I had sore legs the next day.

    Наступного дня в мене боліли ноги. — deniko

    ruНа следующий день у меня болели ноги. — sobr_vamp

  4. I have a sore throat and a fever.

    У мене болить горло і підвищена температура. — Ahha

    ruУ меня температура, и горло болит. — Wezel

    deIch habe Halsschmerzen und Fieber. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. When I got up today, my throat felt a little sore.

    Коли я прокинувся сьогодні, в мене трохи боліло горло. — shanghainese

    ruКогда я проснулся сегодня, у меня немного болело горло. — Gruzilkin

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin:
Русский
By meaning 1
injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin:

Origin

From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, gri

From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *sair, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz (adjective) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂iro-, enlargement of *seh₂y- (“to be fierce, afflict”).

From Middle English sor (“sorrel”), from Old French sor (“sorrel; reddish”). Compare French saur (“(archaic) reddish-brown; describing a young bird of prey”).

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Forms

plural: sores
Singularsore
Pluralsores

regular

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • a sore throat
  • sore throat
  • have a sore
  • sore throat and
  • a little sore
  • little sore
  • still sore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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