Gore Meaning
/ɡɔː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounBlood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
nounA gout or mass of such blood.
Sentence Examples
Will Gore stand as presidential candidate?
Al Gore is a global-warming activist.
Don't let the bull gore you.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The horror movie had too much ____ for my taste.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The horror movie was criticized by some viewers for having too much gratuitous ____ and sound effects.
Word Origin & History
From 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”). Cognate to Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt earth”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And I beheld the roof and the walls one gore of blood."
— 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 23:
"The zombie scenes are reminiscent of what you might see on a show like The Walking Dead, short bursts of extreme violence and gore punctuating expository dialogue scenes where the survivors try to figure out how they’re going to get from point A to point B."
— 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club:
"As a sowe waloweth in the stynkynge gore pytte, or in the puddell."
— 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge […] the seven penytencyall Psalms:
"I have a number of these, but this gentleman up in the gore just below the arrow was traveling in the fast lane of 495."
— 1968, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee on the Federal-Aid Highway Program, Highway Safety, Design, and Operations, Freeway Signing and Related Geometrics, page 448:
"With the addition of pavement marking arrows, erratic maneuvers such as lane changes through the gore and attempted lane changes decreased."
— 2010, John L. Campbell, Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems, page 20-5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The horror movie had too much ____ for my taste.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The horror movie was criticized by some viewers for having too much gratuitous ____ and sound effects.