gore - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Do you like horror movies? Then you probably like gore: bloody, yucky, violent action.

Gore certainly includes the bloody violence in zombie movies, but it can also refer to real-life violence, especially bloodshed and murder. If you stabbed someone with a sword, you gored them. An animal with sharp horns, like a bull, can gore a person to death. Gore is also blood that's clotting in a wound. An un-bloody, unrelated meaning of gore is a triangle-shaped piece of cloth used in making umbrellas, sails, and some clothes.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: gore

1	n v	coagulated blood from a wound wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
2	n v	a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails cut into gores

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: gore

1

n coagulated blood from a wound

Type of:: blood
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets

n the shedding of blood resulting in murder

Synonyms:: bloodshed

Type of:: execution, murder, slaying
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

v wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument

Type of:: pierce, thrust
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

2

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

Synonyms:: panel

Type of:: piece of cloth, piece of material
a separate part consisting of fabric

v cut into gores

“gore a skirt”

Type of:: cut, tailor
style and tailor in a certain fashion