adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ɡɔɹd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɡɔːd/
gōrdrhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ɡo(ː)ɹd/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ɡoəd/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
homophone: gourd
homophone: gaud (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: god (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, cot–caught merger)
CMU ARPABET:G AO1 R D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having a gore or gores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
Examples
a four-gored skirt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of gore
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.