gore

«gore» in Mova's school dictionary: Thick blood from a wound, especially lots of it, as in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gore — uncountable; a gore, gores — cloth); verb (gore, gores, gored, goring)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thick blood from a wound, especially lots of it, as in violent films. tree →

2) To gore means to wound someone with a horn or tusk: the bull gored the farmer. tree →

3) (sewing) A gore is a triangular piece of cloth sewn into a skirt, sail or umbrella to make it wider. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and film ratings it tells the reader there is lots of blood and violence; in farm and nature stories, an animal attack with horns. Phrases: blood and gore, gored by a bull, too much gore.

examples

• The film was too scary, full of blood and gore. tree →
• The farmer was gored by an angry bull. tree →
• The rhino can gore a lion with its horn. tree →
• Horror films are full of gore. tree →
• The skirt has six gores, so it swirls when you spin. tree →
• That video game is rated 18 because of the gore. tree →
• A BULL finding a lion’s cub asleep gored him to death with his horns. tree →

note

Gore (blood) is uncountable: too much gore. Past of the verb: gored. Do not confuse gory (full of blood) with glory. Al Gore is a name of an American politician.

In the corpora

• Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.