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gores

verb

Meaning

  1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
  2. To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
  3. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
  4. A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
  5. The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
  6. 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.Wp
  7. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  8. A projecting point.
  9. To cut in a triangular form.
  10. To provide with a gore.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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