gore

CEFRC1

/ɡoɹ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Blood and tissue caused by serious injury.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A gout or mass of such blood.

Examples

  • Al Gore is a global-warming activist.

  • Don't let the bull gore you.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.

  2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

  3. Pictures and videos of graphic violence and human death.

More examples

In context

  • Will Gore stand as presidential candidate?

  • Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.

  • The bull gored the matador.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).