Meaning of Sore | Babel Free
sɔːDefinitions
- A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
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Acronym of small off-road engine. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
- Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
- A young buck in its fourth year.
Equivalents
Examples
“They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.”
“I see plainly where his sore lies.”
“Of the soare faulcon so I learn to fly”
“Some say a Sore, but not a sore, till now made sore with shooting. The Dogges did yell, put ell to Sore, then Sorell iumps from thicket: Or Pricket-sore, or else Sorell, the people fall a hooting. If Sore be sore, then ell to Sore, makes fiftie sores O sorell: Of one sore I an hundred make by adding but one more L.”
“Rather than banning these engines overnight, the state is rolling out the change gradually. The new rules tighten emissions standards over time, leading up to a ban on the sale of new gas-powered SOREs by 2028.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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