vore

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See also: vóre, Vore, -vore, and воре

English

Etymology

From -vore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔː(ɹ)/
  • (file)

Noun

vore (uncountable)

  1. (informal, slang) The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, or any creative works that fall under this category.
    • 2005, Lord Flame Stryke, “Re: Curious”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
      Me, I like vore and unbirth. But then, I'm strange []
    • 2009, Zack Parsons, Your Next-Door Neighbor Is A Dragon, page 211:
      Many of his videos include the classic vore image of a woman's legs in stockings and high heels sticking out of the mouth of one of his monsters []

Usage notes

  • Vorarephilia material can be subcategorized into "soft vore" (where the victim is merely swallowed whole) and "hard vore" (involving killing and digestion).

Verb

vore (third-person singular simple present vores, present participle voring, simple past and past participle vored)

  1. (informal, slang) To consume or to eat within the context of vorarephilia.
    • 2012 Jan 31, "lucyhotlegs", how can i be vored by plants and stuff like that (on community.secondlife.com)
      how can i be vored by plants and stuff like that

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Afrikaans

Noun

vore

  1. plural of voor

Catalan

Verb

vore

  1. (Valencian) Alternative form of veure

Cornish

Noun

vore

  1. Soft mutation of bore.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

vore

  1. vocative singular of vor

Danish

Pronoun

vore (formal, plural, singular common vor, neuter vort)

  1. (formal) our/ours, plural of vor

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

vore f (plural voren)

  1. Alternative form of voor (furrow).

Friulian

Noun

vore f (plural voris)

  1. work

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Guaraní

Noun

vore

  1. part
  2. portion; piece
  3. division

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔre
  • Hyphenation: vò‧re

Noun

vore f

  1. plural of vora

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

Noun

vóre m

  1. vocative singular of voras

Pronunciation 2

Noun

vorè m

  1. locative singular of voras

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Preposition

vōre

  1. before, in front of
  2. before (in time)
  3. before, in preference to
  4. against (as protection)
  5. for, directed at, for the benefit of
  6. for, in exchange for
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Dutch: voor
    • Afrikaans: voor
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: foro
    • Javindo: foor
    • Negerhollands: voor, fo, for
    • Jersey Dutch: för, f'r
      • Virgin Islands Creole: voor (dated)
    • Petjo: voor, foor
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: foo, fou
  • Limburgish: veur

Adverb

vōre

  1. in front
  2. before, earlier

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *furo, from Proto-West Germanic *furh.

Noun

vōre f

  1. furrow
  2. ditch, trench
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Participle

vore

  1. past participle of vera

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

vore

  1. past subjunctive of vara; were, would be
    Vore det val idag skulle oppositionspartierna vinna.
    If elections were held today, the opposition parties would win.
    Det bästa vore ju om vi alla kunde enas om det här.
    It would be best if we could all agree on this, of course.
    Det vore trevligt om ni kunde komma!
    It would be nice if you could come!

Usage notes

Everyday word, despite the subjunctive mood being archaic to obsolete otherwise in modern Swedish.

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