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Definition of sore noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sore

noun
 
/sɔː(r)/
 
/sɔːr/
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  1. a painful, often red, place on your body where there is a wound or an infection
    • The illness left them with open sores all over their backs.
    synonym wound1
    • open sores
    see also bedsore, canker sore, cold sore, running sore
    Extra Examples
    • The patient developed pressure sores on the toes of both feet.
    • (figurative) This issue is a festering sore between the two countries.
    Topics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • festering
    • oozing
    • open
    • …
    verb + sore
    • cause
    • develop
    • get
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English sār (noun and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeer ‘sore’ and German sehr ‘very’.
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