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 survives) 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-, rove

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Catalan

Noun

vore

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of veure

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Cornish

Noun

vore

1. Soft mutation of bore.

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Danish

Pronoun

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

1. (possessive) plural of vor

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

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Friulian

Noun

vore f (plural voris)

1. work

See also

• opare
• lavôr

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Italian

Noun

vore f

1. plural of vora

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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-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
  • Afrikaans: voor
• Limburgish: veur

Adverb

vōre

1. in front
2. before, earlier

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *furo, from Proto-Germanic *furhs.

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
• “vore (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “vore (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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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

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