GORE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Gore mean?
• GORE (noun)
The noun GORE has 4 senses:
1. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
2. coagulated blood from a wound
3. a triangular piece of cloth
4. the shedding of blood resulting in murder
Familiarity information: GORE used as a noun is uncommon.
• GORE (verb)
The verb GORE has 2 senses:
1. wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
2. cut into gores
Familiarity information: GORE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GORE (noun)
Meaning:
Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Al Gore; Albert Gore Jr.; Gore
Instance hypernyms:
Vice President of the United States (the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate)
Meaning:
Coagulated blood from a wound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("gore" is a kind of...):
blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart)
Meaning:
A triangular piece of cloth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gore" is a kind of...):
piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)
Holonyms ("gore" is a part of...):
full skirt (a long skirt gathered at the waist)
gaiter (a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides)
umbrella (a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy)
Meaning:
The shedding of blood resulting in murder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bloodshed; gore
Context example:
he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
Hypernyms ("gore" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
• GORE (verb)
Meaning:
Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "gore" is one way to...):
pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cut into gores
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
gore a skirt
Hypernyms (to "gore" is one way to...):
cut; tailor (style and tailor in a certain fashion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
