core
noun
the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
cored
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past participleof core.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof core.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
corenounthe central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds.
Example Sentences
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He has described the prehistoric-looking Dalmatian pelicans, which “have eyes of such tremulous glacial depths—the bluish-gray sclera like an ice sheet being cored by the black iris—that they appear to hold entire worlds inside them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tippett s cored on a power play for his 21st with 1:37 left in the second but Hischier t allied his 18th early in the third for a 5-2 lead.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Lately there has been increasing interest in smaller devices with a more spherical shape, like a cored apple.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
They studied, cored and examined the rings of a portion of those trees and learned they all had at least one thing in common: They used water more efficiently than their deceased neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2019
In order to prevent the arc from wandering round the carbons, the positive carbon is cored, and sometimes the negative carbon also.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
