Gore (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cut into gores; "gore a skirt".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Gore the netting for a durable and flexible piece of fabric that can be hung in a doorway or used as a room divider.
- She carefully gored her evening gown to create a flowing effect down the sides.
- To make a circle skirt with even folds all the way around, you need to gore it.
- Fashion students were tasked to gore a plain skirt as part of their final exam.
- Her grandmother showed her how to gore a traditional wedding veil that had been passed down for generations.
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Meaning 2
Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The hunter rushed his wounded companion to the hospital after a stray bullet gored his leg during the hunt.
- The mad bull suddenly charged and gored the unsuspecting matador with its sharp horns.
- The large fishing hook gored her hand as she tried to remove it from the struggling fish.
- A loose shard of metal gored his thigh as he bent down to examine the wreckage.
- The shattered window gored the barefooted child who stood too close when it exploded.