core

1. core (noun) — sense 1

Definition: In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.: The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.

Example: the core of an apple or quince

2. core (noun) — sense 2

Definition: In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.: The heart or inner part of a physical thing.

Example: Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

3. core (noun) — sense 3

Definition: In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.: The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.

4. core (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Forming the most important or essential part.

Example: Privately held businesses may hold assets or have charges to their financial statements which are not core to their main business activity.

5. core (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport.

Example: Our interest is not in core skaters such as young males and pro skaters but the voices of those on the periphery of the subculture.

6. core (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.

7. core (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To cut or drill through the core of (something).

Example: But the other thing to take into account is, when you look at the Katahdin and the Polyphemus, they both have their boiler plants pretty much amidships or slightly forward of amidships, which means that, in the event of a heat-lance strike on the boiler room, not only is that gonna core through the ship right at the center of mass, which is obviously bad for its continued structural stability, but the boilers going up is gonna incinerate pretty much anybody on the bridge, which is gonna leave it completely out of control, and is probably gonna break the ship clean in half right there and then, none of which really speaks to the ship's being able to continue onwards with enough momentum to take down a Martian tripod.

8. core (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To extract a sample with a drill.