GORE

Gore

A gore, in parts of the northeastern United States, is an unincorporated area of a county that is not part of any town and has limited self-government .

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gore

Noun

  1. Dirt, filth.
  2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  3. Murder, bloodshed, violence.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
  2. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.
  3. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  4. A projecting point.
  5. One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Verb

  1. To pierce with the horns.
    The bull gored the matador.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.
    to gore an apron


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