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bore

1   [bawr, bohr] verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
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 followed 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.

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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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English borian; cognate with Old High German borōn, Old Norse bora, Latin forāre

Related forms
bore·a·ble, bor·a·ble, adjective

Can be confused: board, bored, committee, council, panel, trust (see synonym note at trust).

Synonyms
1. perforate, drill. 10. caliber.

Example Sentences
  • Booksellers get bored going to the same venue year after year.
  • There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise.
  • When she was about 12, Diggins got bored one day and decided to see what her dad's expensive music equipment could do.
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bore

2   [bawr, bohr] verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me.
noun
2.
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
3.
a cause of ennui or petty annoyance: repetitious tasks that are a bore to do.
Origin:
1760–70; of uncertain origin

Synonyms
1. fatigue, tire, annoy.

Antonyms
1. amuse; thrill, enrapture.

bore

4   [bawr, bohr]
verb
simple past tense of bear1.
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bore2 (bɔː)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting
 
—n
2.  a dull, repetitious, or uninteresting person, activity, or state
 
[C18: of unknown origin]
 
bored2
 
—adj

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bored
1823, from pp. of bore (v.).
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Society is now one polished horde,
Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.
[Byron, "Don Juan," 1823]

bore
p.t. of bear (v.).
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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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