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bore through

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bore

1  [bawr, bohr] verb, bored, bor⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
3. 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 3000 feet deep.
4. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
5. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually fol. by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
–verb (used without object)
6. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
7. Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
8. (of a substance) to admit of being bored: Certain types of steel do not bore well.
–noun
9. a hole made or enlarged by boring.
10. the inside diameter of a hole, tube, or hollow cylindrical object or device, such as a bushing or bearing, engine cylinder, or barrel of a gun.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE borian; c. OHG borōn, ON bora, L forāre

Related forms:
bore⋅a⋅ble, bor⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. perforate, drill. 10. caliber.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bore
past of BEAR
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2bore
Pronunciation: 'bO(&)r, 'bo(&)r
Function: noun
1 : the long usually cylindrical hollow part of something (as atube or artery)
2 : the internal diameter of a tube (as a hypodermic needle, catheter, or sound) bore catheter> bore>
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Science Dictionary
bore   (bôr)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

    1. The white, shallow portion of a wave after it breaks. The bore carries ocean water onto the beach.

    2. A tidal wave caused by the surge of a flood tide upstream in a narrowing estuary or by colliding tidal currents.


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