GORING

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Definition

verb
  1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
    “The bull gored the matador.”
  2. To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
verb
  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.
    “to gore an apron”
noun
  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
  2. A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
adjective
  1. Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

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