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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.

Hypernyms

  • Tailor

Related Words

  • Gore (noun)

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.

Hypernyms

  • Thrust

Related Words

  • Gore (noun)
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