English Explanatory Dictionary

blore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cry; cry out; weep.
  2. To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.
noun
  1. The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
name
  1. A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/blɔː(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blore.wav

Word forms

blore blores bloring blored

Etymology

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

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