gore
noun
[ ɡɔː ]
• blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence.
• "the film omitted the blood and gore in order to avoid controversy"
Origin:
Old English gor ‘dung, dirt’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goor, Swedish gorr ‘muck, filth’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century.
gore
verb
• (of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab (a person or other animal) with a horn or tusk.
• "he was gored to death by a charging bull"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): of unknown origin.
gore
noun
• a triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella.
gore
verb
• shape with a gore or gores.
• "for a larger figure it would be necessary to slightly gore the skirt"
Origin:
Old English gāra ‘triangular piece of land’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geer and German Gehre, also probably to Old English gār ‘spear’ (a spearhead being triangular).
