vore

See also: Vore, -vore, and воре

English

Etymology

From -vore.

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 (on newsgroup alt.fan.dragons)

     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 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

Anagrams

• Over, over, over-, rove

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Afrikaans

Noun

vore

1. (plural of voor)

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Catalan

Verb

vore

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of veure

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Cornish

Noun

vore

1. Soft mutation of bore.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorɛ]

Noun

vore

1. vocative singular of vor

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Danish

Pronoun

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

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

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoː.rə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: vo‧re
• Rhymes: -oːrə

Noun

vore f (plural voren)

1. Alternative form of voor (“furrow”).

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Friulian

Noun

vore f (plural voris)

1. work

See also

• opare
• lavôr

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔre

Noun

vore f

1. plural of vora

Anagrams

• ervo, vero

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋorɛ]

Noun

vóre m

1. vocative singular of voras

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [ʋɔˈrɛ]

Noun

vorè m

1. locative singular of voras

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

vōre [+accusative or dative]

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

• vor, vōor

Descendants

• Dutch: voor
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: foro
  • Javindo: foor
  • Negerhollands: voor, fo, for
    • → 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

• Dutch: voor

Further reading

• “vore (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vore (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vore (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vore (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋoːrə/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

vore

1. past participle of vera and vere

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vuːrɛ/

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.

   • 1891, Gustaf Fröding, “Jag ville, jag vore”, in Guitarr och dragharmonika:

     Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand

     I wished I were in Indialand

See also

• vare

Anagrams

• revo