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adj
Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: nautical, transport
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name
A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Goring-on-Thames
Antonyms: none provided
name
A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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verb
present participle and gerund of gore
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Nazi, German Nazi
History
From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
Across languages
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