Gore

[gɔː] or [ɡɔr]

Definition

(noun.) a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails.

(noun.) coagulated blood from a wound.

(noun.) Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948).

(verb.) wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument.

(verb.) cut into gores; 'gore a skirt'.

Typed by Hannah--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Dirt; mud.

(n.) Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.

(v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.

(v.) A small traingular piece of land.

(v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

(v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.

(v. t.) To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Blood, clotted blood.[2]. Gusset, triangular piece (of cloth, &c.).

v. a. [1]. Stab, pierce.[2]. Piece with a gore.

Typist: Suzy

Definition

n. a triangular piece let into a garment to widen it: a triangular piece of land.—v.t. to shape like or furnish with gores: to pierce with anything pointed as a spear or horns.—n. Gor′ing a piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.—adj. cut gradually sloping so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing—of a sail.

n. clotted blood: blood.—adv. Gor′ily (Tenn.) in a gory or bloody manner or state.—adj. Gor′y covered with gore: bloody.—Gory dew a dark-red slimy film sometimes seen on damp walls and in shady places.

Checker: Tom