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Audio Help [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
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Audio Help [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
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| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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
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bore·a·ble, bor·a·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 1. perforate, drill. 10. caliber.
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bore2
Audio Help [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
Audio Help [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me. |
| 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 uncert. orig.
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] —Synonyms 1. fatigue, tire, annoy.
—Antonyms 1. amuse; thrill, enrapture.
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| bore 1
Audio Help (bôr, bōr) Pronunciation Key
v. bored, bor·ing, bores v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
[Middle English boren, from Old English borian.] |
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| bore 2
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tr.v. bored, bor·ing, bores To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us. n. One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious. [Origin unknown.] |
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