sore

1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

   They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

2. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

verb

To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

   Her feet were sore from walking so far.

2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
3. Dire; distressing.

   The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.

4. Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

   Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

5. Criminal; wrong; evil.

1. Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
2. Sorely.

noun

A group of ducks on land.

1. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
2. A young buck in its fourth year.