sore
To mutilate the legs or feet of in order to induce a particular gaitTo mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
» I don't have a sore throat.
Ich habe keine Halsschmerzen. — wolfgangth
У меня не болит горло. — marafon
У мене не болить горло. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
(intransitive)To grow sores; to be beset with skin lesions.
Examples
249 sentencesI don't have a sore throat.
У мене не болить горло. — deniko
ruУ меня не болит горло. — marafon
deIch habe keine Halsschmerzen. — wolfgangth
I still have a sore throat.
У мене досі запалене горло. — Ahha
deIch habe immer noch Halsschmerzen. — wolfgangth
I had sore legs the next day.
Наступного дня в мене боліли ноги. — deniko
ruНа следующий день у меня болели ноги. — sobr_vamp
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
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
Origin
From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, griFrom 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”).
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Forms
sores, soring, sored, soredWord family
4 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
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.