vore

See also: vóre, Vore, -vore, and воре

English

Etymology

Clipping of vorarephilia.

Sometimes said to be from -vore or carnivore, however most sources (especially furries and other insider groups) cite the word as being derived from "vorarephilia".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

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”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):

     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 merely swallowed whole) and "hard vore" (involving killing and digestion).

Derived terms

• vorny, vorniness
• vorish, vorishness

Related terms

• voracious

Verb

vore (third-person singular simple present vores, present participle voring, simple past and past participle vored)

1. (informal, slang, see usage notes) To consume or to eat (either in general, or chiefly 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

Usage notes

Usage of the word "vore" as a verb is often seen as cringeworthy or unserious by a lot of individuals with vorarephilia, who may encourage people to use other verbs denoting eating instead.

Anagrams

• Over, over, over-, rove

Afrikaans

Noun

vore

1. plural of voor

Catalan

Verb

vore

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of veure

Cornish

Noun

vore

1. Soft mutation of bore.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvorɛ]

Noun

vore

1. vocative singular of vor

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 (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoː.rə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vo‧re
• Rhymes: -oːrə

Noun

vore f (plural voren)

1. Alternative form of voor (“furrow”)

Friulian

Noun

vore f (plural voris)

1. work

See also

• opare
• lavôr

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋoˈɾe]
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: vo‧re

Noun

vore

1. part
2. portion; piece
3. division

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔre
• Hyphenation: vò‧re

Noun

vore f

1. plural of vora

Anagrams

• ervo, vero

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

vōre [with 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, vore
  • Afrikaans: voor
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: foro
  • Javindo: foor
  • Negerhollands: voor, fo, for
  • Jersey Dutch: för, f'r
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: voor (dated)
  • Petjo: voor, foor
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: foo, fou
  • → Manado Malay: for
• Limburgish: veur

Adverb

vōre

1. in front
2. before, earlier

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *furo, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, 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
• 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋoːrə/

Participle

vore

1. past participle of vera

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vuːrɛ/
• Rhymes: -²uːrɛ

Verb

vore

1. past subjunctive of vara; were, would be

   Vore det val idag skulle oppositionspartierna vinna

   If elections were held today [were it election 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, of course

   Det vore trevligt om ni kunde komma!

   It would be nice if you could come!

   Om det ändå vore så

   If only that were the case [If it only/yet were so]

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

     Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand

     I wished I were in Indialand

Usage notes

Everyday word, despite the subjunctive mood being archaic to obsolete otherwise in modern Swedish.

See also

• vare

References

• vara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• revo