blore

B3L1O1R1E1
/blɔː(ɹ)/

verb

To cry; cry out; weep.

OriginMiddle English bloren ← Old English *blǣran →
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Meanings

blore1

verbblore (third-person singular simple present blores, present participle bloring, simple past and past participle blored)

present singular third person blores · participle present bloring · participle past blored · past blored

  1. archaicdialectalTo cry; cry out; weep.
  2. archaicdialectalTo bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

blore2

nounblore (plural blores)

plural blores

  1. obsoleteThe act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

    a most tempestuous blore

    1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC

Blore3

proper nounBlore (countable and uncountable, plural Blores)

plural Blores

  1. countableuncountableA village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bray

Origin

blore · verb

  1. Old English*blǣran
  2. Middle Englishbloren
  3. Englishblore

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

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blore · noun

Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).

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Blore · proper noun

  1. Old Englishblōr“swelling”
  2. EnglishBlore

From Old English blōr (“swelling”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blore

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Anagrams

BorelrobleBolerRobelLober
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APA

blore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blore

MLA

“blore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blore.

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