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goring

goring is the present participle and gerund of gore.

Noun

goring (plural gorings)

  1. The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
    • The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie, page 15
  2. A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

Meaning of gore

Verb (1)

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cover or smear with blood.

Verb (2)

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

  1. (transitive) To pierce with a horn or tusk.
    • The bull gored the matador.
    Synonyms:
    horn
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To needle or wound the feelings of.

Verb (3)

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

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

See all 34 meanings of gore

Adjective

goring (not comparable)

  1. Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

Proper noun capitalized: Goring

Goring (countable and uncountable, plural Gorings)

  1. A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
  2. A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Synonyms of goring

Forms of goring

Noun
pluralgorings
Proper noun
pluralGorings

Origin of goring

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

Words formed from goring

Questions about goring

What does goring mean?
Goring means the act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting.
What is goring the present participle and gerund of?
Goring is the present participle and gerund of gore.
What part of speech is goring?
Goring can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of goring?
The plural of goring is gorings.

Words near goring in the dictionary

  1. gorily
  2. gorimapa
  3. Gorin
  4. Gorinchem
  5. goriness
  6. goring
  7. Goring-by-Sea
  8. Goring-on-Thames
  9. gorings
  10. Gorins
  11. goris

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