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goring

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Synonyms: boring, gorging, going, loring, gering, moring, goeing, goning, gooing, coring, goering

Antonyms: boring, gorging, going, loring, gering, moring, goeing, goning, gooing, coring, goering

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Verb

  1. {{infl of|en|gore||ing-form}}

Noun

  1. The act by which something is [[gore]]d; a [[wound]] inflicted by a [[horn]], usually the horn of a bull in the context of [[bullfighting]]
  2. {{lb|en|textiles}} A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|nautical}} Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the [[clew]] than at the [[earing]] of a [[sail]].

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|village|par/Goring-on-Thames|dist/South Oxfordshire|co/Oxfordshire|cc/England|on the River|x/Thames}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SU6080}}.
  2. {{place|en|ward|in|bor/Worthing|co/West Sussex|cc/England}}, short for [[Goring-by-Sea]] {{q|OS grid ref TQ1102}} <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/west-sussex/worthing/goring-ward.html Ward map (Worthing)]</ref>
  3. {{surname|en|[[habitational]]|from=Old English}}.

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