bore
Plural: bores
Noun
- a person who evokes boredom
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- 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.
- 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.
Verb
Verb Forms: bored, boring, bores
- To make a hole, especially with a rotating tool; to make weary.
- cause to be bored
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- have
- cause to be born
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- move while holding up or supporting
- bring forth,
- "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
- "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- contain or hold; have within
- bring in
- have on one's person
- behave in a certain manner
- "he bore himself with dignity"
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be pregnant with
- 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.
- To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- 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
Examples
- An insect bores into a tree.
- His opponent’s slow, calculating plays began to BORE him, despite the high stakes.
- My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
- Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
- the bore of a cannon
- Their eyes bore into my back.
- This timber does not bore well.
- to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
- to bore for water or oil
- to bore one’s way through a crowd
- to bore someone to death
- What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.
Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen.
Synonyms
abide, accept, acquit, aegir, assume, bear, behave, birth, bore-hole, brook, caliber, calibre, carry, comport, conduct, contain, deliver, deport, digest, drill, drill hole, dullard, eager, eagre, endure, expect, gauge, gestate, give birth, have, have a bun in the oven, hold, pay, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, take over, tidal bore, tire, tolerate, turn out, wear, yield, banality, bore, make a hole, snooze, snoozer
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
bore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary