gore

Meaning

Noun

1. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
2. Murder, bloodshed, violence.
3. Dirt; mud; filth.

Verb

1. To pierce with the horn.
2. (obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.

Verb

1. To cut in a triangular form.
2. To provide with a gore.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɔː/

Etymology

From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“dirt, dung, filth, muck”), from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”).