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GORE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shedding of blood resulting in murder

Example:

he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen

Synonyms:

bloodshed; gore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gore" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Derivation:

gore (wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

Synonyms:

gore; panel

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)

Derivation:

gore (cut into gores)

Sense 3

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 through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

Derivation:

gore (wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)

Synonyms:

Al Gore; Albert Gore Jr.; Gore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Vice President of the United States (the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

Derivation:

gore (the shedding of blood resulting in murder)

gore (coagulated blood from a wound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut into gores

Example:

gore a skirt

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "gore" is one way to...):

cut; tailor (style and tailor in a certain fashion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gore (a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails)

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