EGAVE

goring

About 0.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of gore
  2. noun The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
  3. noun A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
  4. adjective Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

Similar words

blood bloodshed morris wounding gashing gorefest zornhau blood sport tormenting grave dancing

Often followed by

and was had to in as is on of

Word family

Goring Hermann Goering Hermann Göring

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