- gore
- goregore1 [gôr]n.[ME gore, filth < OE gor, dung, filth, akin to ON gor, Welsh gor, MDu gore < IE base * gwher-, hot > WARM, L fornax, furnace]blood shed from a wound, esp. when clottedgore2 [gôr]vt.gored, goring [ME goren < gore, a spear < OE gar: see GORE3]to pierce with or as with a horn or tuskgore3 [gôr]n.[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]1. a small, triangular piece of land as where two roads diverge2. a tapering piece of cloth made or inserted in a skirt, sail, etc. to give it fullnessvt.gored, goringto make or insert a gore or gores in
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.