sore
/soɹ/ verb C2- To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
- To grow sores; to be beset with skin lesions.
He/she/it sores · Past sored · Past participle sored · -ing form soring
Verb forms
- Base form
- sore
- He/she/it
- sores
- Past
- sored
- Past participle
- sored
- -ing form
- soring
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Jones--therefore do not be alarmed if you should hear of his having been to me--and, excepting a sore throat and a headache, there is not much the matter with me.
While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?”
“Mowgli,” said Bagheera angrily, “his nose was sore on thy account, as my ears and sides and paws, and Baloo’s neck and shoulders are bitten on thy account.
Delia was to become familiar and then contemptuous with Music, so that when she saw the orchestra seats and boxes unsold she could have sore throat and lobster in a private dining-room and refuse to go on the stage.
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