Bore definition
A destroyer boring through heavy seas.
The movie bored us.
Soft materials bore easily.
An example of bore is when you use a drill to make a hole in your cabinet door for the knob to go in.
An example of bore is a person who only ever wants to talk about his pet iguana and nothing else.
- Shakespeare.I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
To bore for water or oil.
An insect bores into a tree.
To bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.
To bore one's way through a crowd.
This timber does not bore well.
Origin of bore
- Middle English bare wave from Old Norse bāra bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English boren from Old English borian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
- Compare Icelandic word for "wave".
From Wiktionary