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    gore
    [ɡôr]
    noun
    gore (noun) · gores (plural noun)
    1. 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
    [ɡôr]
    verb
    gore (verb) · gores (third person present) · gored (past tense) · gored (past participle) · goring (present participle)
    1. (of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab 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
    [ɡôr]
    noun
    gore (noun) · gores (plural noun)
    1. a triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella.
    verb
    gore (verb) · gores (third person present) · gored (past tense) · gored (past participle) · goring (present participle)
    1. make with a gore-shaped piece of material:
      "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).
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    noun
    1. blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence:
    verb
    1. (of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab with a horn or tusk:
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