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Bore

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Noun

1. bore, dullard

a person who evokes boredom

2. aegir, bore, eager, eagre, tidal bore

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

3. bore, caliber, calibre, gauge

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

4. bore, bore-hole, drill hole

a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

Verb

5. bore, tire

cause to be bored

6. bore, drill

make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

Example Sentences:
'don't drill here, there's a gas pipe'
'drill a hole into the wall'
'drill for oil'
'carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bore

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verb
1. 
to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool
2. 
to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine
3. (transitive)
to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc
4. (intransitive) informal
(of a horse or athlete in a race) to push other competitors, esp in order to try to get them out of the way
noun
5. 
a hole or tunnel in the ground, esp one drilled in search of minerals, oil, etc
6. 
a. 
a circular hole in a material produced by drilling, turning, or drawing
b. 
the diameter of such a hole
7. 
a. 
the hollow part of a tube or cylinder, esp of a gun barrel
b. 
the diameter of such a hollow part; calibre
8. Australian
an artesian well
verb
1. (transitive)
to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting
noun
2. 
a dull, repetitious, or uninteresting person, activity, or state
noun
a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide
verb
the past tense of bear1

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Bore

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verb transitiveWord forms: bored or ˈboring
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
verb intransitive
5. 
to bore a hole or passage
6. 
to be drilled by a tool
soft materials bore easily
7. 
to move forward slowly but steadily, as if by boring
8. 
to become weary and disinterested
noun
9. 
a hole made by or as by boring
10. 
a. 
the hollow part inside a tube, pipe, or cylinder, as of a gun barrel
b. 
the inside diameter of such a hollow part; gauge; caliber
11. 
a tiresome, dull person or thing
noun
a high wall of moving water caused by a very rapid rise of the tide in shallow, narrow channels
verb transitive, verb intransitive
pt. of
bear1

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Bore

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v. bored, bor·ing, bores
v.tr.
1. To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.
2. To form (a tunnel, for example) by drilling, digging, or burrowing.
v.intr.
1. To make a hole in or through something with or as if with a drill: "three types of protein that enable the cells to bore in and out of blood vessels" (Elisabeth Rosenthal).
2. To proceed or advance steadily or laboriously: a destroyer boring through heavy seas.
n.
1. A hole or passage made by or as if by use of a drill.
2. A hollow, usually cylindrical chamber or barrel, as of a firearm.
3. The interior diameter of a hole, tube, or cylinder.
4. The caliber of a firearm.
5. A drilling tool.
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.
n.
See tidal bore.
v.
Past tense of bear1.

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