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bore
1[bawr]
verb (used with object)
to weary by dullness or sameness.
The long speech bored me.
noun
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
He's such a bore that I'd rather stay home than go out with him.
a cause of inconvenience or petty annoyance.
The job has a lot of repetitive tasks that are a bore to do.
bore
2[bawr]
verb (used with object)
to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material.
to bore a tunnel through the Alps;
to bore an oil well 3,000 feet deep.
Machinery., to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually followed by through orinto ); to force or make (a passage).
verb (used without object)
to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
Machinery., to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
(of a substance) to admit of being bored.
Certain types of steel do not bore well.
bore
3[bawr, bohr]
noun
an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
bore
4[bawr, bohr]
verb
simple past tense of bear.
bore
1/ bɔː /
verb
to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool
to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine
(tr) to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc
informal, (intr) (of a horse or athlete in a race) to push other competitors, esp in order to try to get them out of the way
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground, esp one drilled in search of minerals, oil, etc
a circular hole in a material produced by drilling, turning, or drawing
the diameter of such a hole
the hollow part of a tube or cylinder, esp of a gun barrel
the diameter of such a hollow part; calibre
an artesian well
bore
2/ bɔː /
verb
(tr) to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting
noun
a dull, repetitious, or uninteresting person, activity, or state
bore
3/ bɔː /
noun
a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide
bore
4/ bɔː /
verb
the past tense of bear 1
bore
In fluid mechanics, a jump in the level of moving water, generally propagating in the opposite direction to the current. Strong ocean tides can cause bores to propagate up rivers.
The white, shallow portion of a wave after it breaks. The bore carries ocean water onto the beach.
A tidal wave caused by the surge of a flood tide upstream in a narrowing estuary or by colliding tidal currents.
Other Word Forms
- bored adjective
- boreable adjective
- borable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bore1
Origin of bore2
Origin of bore3
Word History and Origins
Origin of bore1
Origin of bore2
Origin of bore3
Example Sentences
In a ruling that made headlines around the world, the ICC in November found "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
It’s hard to know what any of this signifies, other than that atheism is too boring to hold the attention of literate people for more than a few years at a time.
Unforced but ever-present in Reichardt’s mise-en-scène, they remind us that this bored aesthete’s misadventure is an especially empty way to buck conformity.
Hospitality and retail companies in particular bore the brunt of the Chancellor's decision last year to increase the amount employers pay for National Insurance, per employee.
If “The Black Phone” dabbles in crimes that are taboo and is even unforgivable in its depiction of brutality against innocent children, “Black Phone 2” commits its own unforgivable crime of being dreadfully boring.
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