bore

1. 1

   To inspire boredom in somebody.transitive

   • to bore someone to death
   • Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
2. 2

   To make a hole through something.transitive

   • I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
   • On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
3. 3

   To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.intransitive

   • to bore for water or oil
   • An insect bores into a tree.
4. 4

   To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.transitive

   • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
5. 5

   To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.transitive

   • to bore one’s way through a crowd
6. 6

   To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.intransitive

   • This timber does not bore well.
7. 7

   To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).intransitive

   • Their eyes bore into my back.
8. 8

   To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).slangtransitive

   • The right hand of Curtis was open too much ; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.
   • Hanlan, it seems, led at about a mile, when Beach's steamer bored him, and to avoid the danger of being swamped, he put on a violent spurt and drew well clear of Beach, getting some lengths lead.
9. 9

   To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.intransitive

   • They take their flight […] boring to the west.
10. 10

    To fool; to trick.obsolete

1. 1

   A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.

   • the bore of a cannon
2. 2

   A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.Australia

3. 3

   The diameter of such a hole.

4. 4

   The diameter of such a hole.; The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.especially

   • The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
5. 5

   The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

6. 6

   A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

7. 7

   A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

8. 8

   A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.; The place where such a well exists.

9. 9

   One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

   • My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
10. 10

    Something dull or uninteresting.

    • What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.

syn. bore · banality · snooze · snoozer

ant. thrillsville

1. 1

   A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

   • In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.

syn. bore · banality · snooze · snoozer

ant. thrillsville

1. 1

   simple past of bearform-ofpast

2. 2

   past participle of bearcolloquialform-ofparticiple

   • Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards the Real, do you think that the Dorſetſhire could have bore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her?
   • […] by altering their course a very little, and easily have bore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk!
3. 3

   simple past of bareform-ofpastproscribed