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sore  (sôr, sr)
adj. sor·er, sor·est
1. Painful to the touch; tender.
2. Feeling physical pain; hurting: sore all over.
3. Causing misery, sorrow, or distress; grievous: in sore need.
4. Causing embarrassment or irritation: a sore subject.
5. Full of distress; sorrowful.
6. Informal Angry; offended.
n.
1. An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer.
2. A source of pain, distress, or irritation.
tr.v. sored, sor·ing, sores
To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.
adv. Archaic
Sorely.

[Middle English, from Old English sr.]

soreness n.

sore [sɔː]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) (esp of a wound, injury, etc.) painfully sensitive; tender
2. causing annoyance a sore point
3. resentful; irked he was sore that nobody believed him
4. urgent; pressing in sore need
5. (postpositive) grieved; distressed
6. causing grief or sorrow
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc.
2. any cause of distress or vexation
adv
Archaic direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid)
[Old English sār; related to Old Norse sārr, Old High German sēr, Gothic sair sore, Latin saevus angry]
soreness  n

Sord, Sore a flight or flock of mallard in the air, 1470. See also safe.
Examples: sord of mallard, 1470; of ducks.

sore


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And despite complaining of a sore knee after starring in Monday night's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa, Bellamy will link up with the rest of his international teammates at training this morning - with Hughes insisting he's the main man at Man City right now.
Unless the Bears can rustle up another overseas signing in very short order, they will now head in to a key run of Championship games with one senior specialist spinner, Ant Botha - and he is also nursing a sore knee in which he had an injection yesterday.
Unless the Bears can rustle up another overseas signing in very short order they will now head in to a key run of championship games with one senior specialist spinner, Ant Botha - and he is also nursing a sore knee in which he had an injection yesterday.
 
 
 
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