gore

1. 1.

   Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)

   SynonymsAl GoreAlbert Gore Jr.

   BroaderVice President of the United States
2. 2.

   coagulated blood from a wound

   Broaderblood
3. 3.

   a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

   Synonymspanel

   Broaderpiece of cloth

   Part ofumbrellafull skirtgaiter
4. 4.

   the shedding of blood resulting in murder

   “he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen”

   Synonymsbloodshed

   Broadermurder

1. 1.

   wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument

   Broaderpierce
2. 2.

   cut into gores

   “gore a skirt”

   Broadercut

Other forms of gore

plural

gores·

past tense

gored·

present participle

goring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gore

What does gore mean?

gore means "Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gore?

gore has 1 syllable: gore. In IPA it is /ˈɡɔɹ/.

What is another word for gore?

Close synonyms include Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr., panel, bloodshed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gore a common word?

gore is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.