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borer

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noun/ˈbɔːɹə//ˈboːɹɐ//ˈbɔːɹɚ/
  1. 1

    A tool used for drilling.

  2. 2

    A knife fit for a stabbing.Multicultural-London-Englishslang

  3. 3

    A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.

  4. 4

    A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.

    • The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. The borer hasn't had much to say for himself.
    • Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: the borer and the boree.
  5. 5

    An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.

  6. 6

    One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.

  7. 7

    A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.

  8. 8

    The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.

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