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bore¹ Definition

bore (bôr)

transitive verb bored, bor′·ing

  1. to make a hole in or through with a drill or other rotating tool
  2. to make (a hole, tunnel, well, etc.) by or as by drilling
  3. to force (one's way), as through a crowd
  4. to weary by being dull, uninteresting, or monotonous

Etymology: ME boren < OE borian, to bore < bor, auger < IE base *bher-, to cut with a sharp point > Gr *pharein, to split, L forare, to bore, ferire, to cut, kill

intransitive verb

  1. to bore a hole or passage
  2. to be drilled by a tool soft materials bore easily
  3. to move forward slowly but steadily, as if by boring
  4. to become weary and disinterested

noun

  1. a hole made by or as by boring
    1. the hollow part inside a tube, pipe, or cylinder, as of a gun barrel
    2. the inside diameter of such a hollow part; gauge; caliber
  3. a tiresome, dull person or thing

Etymology: ME < the v.; also < ON bora, a hole

bore² Definition

bore (bôr)

noun

a high wall of moving water caused by a very rapid rise of the tide in shallow, narrow channels

Etymology: ME bare, a wave < ON bara, a billow < IE *bhoros < base *bher- > bear

bore³ Definition

bore (bôr)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bear

bore Synonyms

bore

n.

nuisance, pest, tiresome person, tedious person, drag*; see nuisance 3, trouble 2.

bore Synonyms

bore

v.

  1. To pierce by rotary motion

    drill, ream, perforate, tunnel; see penetrate 1.

  2. To weary

    fatigue, tire, put to sleep; see weary 1.

bore Usage Examples

Object

  • pant: Elsewhere, Brad Anderson bores the pants off anyone whoâll dare to listen, while sitting in front of a plank of MDF.
  • hole: This is then stuck into a hole bored in the end of a suitable twig to produce the stem.
  • bit: I got a bit bored with not catching fish too.
  • tunnel: In this desperate plight Ts`ao waited until nightfall, when he bored a tunnel into the mountain side and laid an ambush in it.
  • teenager: Jodie is a teenager bored with life, her family, her school and even her friends... until she meets Silas.

Adjective modifier

  • tidal: The club is named after the famous tidal bore on the River Trent.
  • narrow: Only then does the 883 get a narrower bore, which extends to its cylinder head, compared to the 1200.

Modifies a noun

  • shotgun: Seriously, for squirrels i nice large bore shotgun is the way forward.
  • trombone: On top of the wardrobe was his father's Salvation Army model small bore trombone.
  • headstock: The 5/8 " bore headstock and tailstock were both fitted with No.2 Morse taper centers, the latter with self eject.
  • hole: However, the bore hole with the high reading was not deep enough to be sampling the aquifer.
  • pipe: Into this concrete foundation is cast a 1m length of 20mm bore steel water pipe with a tap on the outside end.
  • gun: A smaller size ( say a 20 bore ) can be inadvertently loaded into a 12 bore gun and lodge in the barrel.

Noun used with modifier

  • cylinder: If the master cylinder bore is scored, the whole unit is scrap and will need to be replaced.
  • pub: By rights the next 100 words should be the standard issue bitter journalist slagging off local pub rock bores.

Preposition: after

while: I thought the fight against the multiple agent smiths showed some CG flaws cloth and skin and got a bit boring after a while.

Adjective complement

  • stiff: Personally, I'm bored stiff with In the Mood.
  • rigid: In the audience, Philip Seymour Hoffman is already bored rigid.

Preposition: of

  • magnet: The bore of the superconducting magnet is sufficiently large to contain an adult human body.
  • saint: We did skip a saints one, as she is bored of saints!