gore

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/ɡɔː/

noun 9verb 6name 5

Collocations

ADJ.

all, below, black, extreme, fresh, grim, presidential, stiff

The horror film contained scenes of extreme gore that made several audience members walk out.

VERB + GORE

changes, dabbled, let, pull, votes

She let gore drip across the kitchen floor while butchering the chicken.

GORE + NOUN

apron, blood, dialogue, expository, global-warming, lane, man, nazism

The horror movie was criticized for its excessive gore and graphic violence rather than meaningful dialogue.

PREP.

in, in, than, through, up, with, with

The horror movie was filled with gore that made several audience members leave early.

Definitions

noun

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

A gout or mass of such blood.

And I beheld the roof and the walls one gore of blood.

Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.

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.

Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.

As a sowe waloweth in the stynkynge gore pytte, or in the puddell.

verb

To cover or smear with blood.

verb

To pierce with a horn or tusk.

The bull gored the matador.

To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.

To needle or wound the feelings of.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the shedding of blood resulting in murder

bloodshed

noun — a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering

panel

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And I beheld the roof and the walls one gore of blood.

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As a sowe waloweth in the stynkynge gore pytte, or in the puddell.

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The bull gored the matador.

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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.

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With the addition of pavement marking arrows, erratic maneuvers such as lane changes through the gore and attempted lane changes decreased.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, gore is marked as obsolete, figuratively, archaic, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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