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Noun: gore  gor
  1. Coagulated blood from a wound
    "The hunter's jacket was stained with gore from the injured animal"
     
  2. The shedding of blood resulting in murder
    "he avenged the gore of his kinsmen";
    - bloodshed
     
  3. A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
    "The dressmaker added gores to the skirt to give it more fullness";
    - panel
Verb: gore  gor
  1. Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
    "The bull gored the matador"
     
  2. Cut into gores
    "gore a skirt"
Noun: Gore  gor
  1. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
    - Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.

Derived forms: goring, gored, gores

Type of: blood, cut, execution, murder, piece of cloth, piece of material, pierce, slaying, tailor, thrust, Vice President of the United States

Part of: brolly [Brit, informal], bumbershoot [US, informal], full skirt, gaiter, gamp [Brit, informal], umbrella

Encyclopedia: Gore, Quebec