EGAVE

gore

About 2.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  2. noun A gout or mass of such blood.
  3. noun Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
  4. noun Pictures and videos of graphic violence and human death.
  5. noun Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
  6. verb To cover or smear with blood.
  7. verb To pierce with a horn or tusk.
    The bull gored the matador.
  8. verb To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. Albert Gore, Jr. Gore gored gores goring

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