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Meaning
Verb
●
To
inspire
boredom
in somebody.
●
To
make a hole
through something.
●
To
make a hole
with, or
as if
with, a
boring
instrument
; to
cut
a
circular
hole
by the
rotary
motion
of a tool.
●
To form or
enlarge
(something)
by means of
a
boring
instrument
or apparatus.
●
To make (a
passage
) by
laborious
effort
,
as in
boring
; to
force
a
narrow
and
difficult
passage
through.
●
To be
pierced
or
penetrated
by an
instrument
that
cuts
as it turns.
●
In Sports:
To
push
or
drive
(a
boxer
into the
ropes
, a
boat
out of
its
course
, etc.).
●
To
push forward
in a certain
direction
with
laborious
effort.
●
To
fool
; to trick.
●
simple past
of bear
●
past participle
of bear
●
simple past
of bare
Noun
●
A
hole
drilled
or
milled
through something, or (
by extension
) its diameter.
●
The
tunnel
inside of
a gun's
barrel
through which the
bullet
travels
when
fired
, or (
by extension
) its diameter.
●
A
tool
, such as an
auger
, for making a
hole
by boring.
●
A
capped
well
drilled
to
tap
artesian
water.
The place where such a well exists.
●
One who
inspires
boredom
or
lack
of interest
; an
uninteresting
person.
●
Something
dull
or uninteresting.
●
Calibre; importance.
●
A
sudden
and
rapid
flow
of
tide
occurring
in certain
rivers
and
estuaries
which
rolls up
as a wave.
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Wiktionary
Origin
bore
English
borian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Bore
Banality
Snooze
Snoozer
Eagre
Tidal Bore
Make A Hole
Antonyms
Interest
Thrillsville
Related
Drag
Fool
Scare
Tease
Baffle
Annoy
Slug
Blow
Irritate
Orifice
Rip
Tube
Dullard
Pipe
Frighten
Barrel
Shaft
Cylinder
Casing
Screw
Cavity
Terrify
Rattle
Nozzle
Holes
Creep
Twat
Diameter
Carries
Rod
Chamber
Jerk
Choke
Pump
Took
Hold
Drill
Groove
Tank
Impress
Carry
Tubing
Piston
Grind
Flange
Leaves
Prat
Pull
Represent
Moaner
Oaf
Confuse
Got
Lay
Showed
Gave
Inlet
Impeller
Drilled
Holds
Drew
Plunger
Prick
Drill Bit
More
Rhymes
Ore
War
For
Oar
Cor
Pure
Hoar
Door
Soar
Cure
Lore
Core
Thor
Muir
Your
More
Yore
Poor
Pore
Rore
Tour
Roar
Moor
Tore
Four
Dore
Pour
Bore
Wore
Sore
Gore
O'Er
Fore
Boar
Spore
Afore
Shore
Corps
Store
Snore
Ybore
Adore
Chore
Floor
Crore
Swore
Score
Fore-
Funny
Whore
Aroar
Abore
Decor
S'More
Insure
Galore
Mature
Before
Bewore
Ensure
Ignore
Ashore
Anymore
Obscure
Implore
Procure
Explore
Deplore
Restore
Metaphor
Fervidor
Elsinore
Hardcore
Albacore
Messidor
Fructidor
Multicore
Thermidor
Man-Of-War
Kwashiorkor
Xenophyophore
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