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bore¹

  (bôr, bōr)

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.

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.

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.

[Middle English boren, from Old English borian.]

To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us.

One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious.

[Origin unknown.]

A high, often dangerous wave caused by the surge of a flood tide upstream in a narrowing estuary or by colliding tidal currents. Also called eagre.

[Middle English bare, wave, from Old Norse bāra.]

Past tense of bear¹.

verb

To fatigue with dullness or tedium: tire, weary. See excite/bore/interest.

noun

An unpleasant, tiresome person: Slang drip, dweeb, jerk, nerd, pill, poop. See like/dislike.

Definition: nuisance
Antonyms: charmer, exciter, pleasure

v

Definition: cause weariness, disinterest
Antonyms: amuse, charm, excite, interest, please

v. hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube).

1. the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.

2. the diameter of this; the caliber: a small-bore rifle.

3. a gun of a specified bore: he was shot in the leg with a twelve-bore.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

The current of the incoming tide up a river producing a wall of water which moves upstream. It is linked with the narrowing and shallowing of the river mouth. In Britain, the most famous river bore occurs on the Severn, but the largest bore in the world occurs on the Amazon, where it moves upstream at a rate of 10 m/s reaching a height of 5 m.

1. The inside diameter of a pipe, valve, or other fitting.
2. The circular hole made by boring.

n.

A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Tutor's tip: The "Boer" (South African of Dutch descent) was not a "boor" (rude or crude person), but he said that the "boar" (male pig) was a "bore" (uninteresting or tiresome).

Bore may refer to:

• Bore (wind instruments), the hole down the middle of a wind instrument
• Bore (engines), the drilled diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine.
• Tidal bore, a wave in a river caused by an incoming tide
• Bore Steamship Company, a Finnish shipping company
• Bore, Italy, a city in the province of Parma in Italy.
• Bore (woreda), a district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia; and
• Bore, Ethiopia, a town in the woreda of Bore.
• Bore, the Dark One's prison in the Wheel of Time books.

"Bore" may also be used as a synonym for:

• The action of boring out a hole
• A borehole, as in an oil well or water well
• The tool creating this hole, i.e. a drill bit, especially in precision work
• The inner diameter of a pipe or tube
• The caliber of a gun; as a measurement it is generally used to refer to smoothbore guns such as shotguns and muskets and is generally used as equivalent to gauge which is the number of balls per pound of lead, later expressed in inches or millimeters; this use is generally archaic, though still used in British English and the sport of paintball where smoothbore barrels are standard. The exception is the .410 bore, which is .410 inches.
• A person who is boring

Homophones

• boar (the animal)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - bore, udbore, bore sig vej
v. intr. - skubbe, mase, puffe
n. - løb, munding

2.
n. - dødbider, kedelig person
v. tr. - kede

idioms:

• bore the pants off    kede nogen ihjel, være dødkedelig
• bored to death    kede ihjel

3.
n. - plage, kedelig ting

Nederlands (Dutch)
boren, vervelen, doordringen, wegduwen, ergeren, boring, boor, vervelende persoon, vloedgolf

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - percer, forer, creuser
v. intr. - forer, sonder
n. - calibre, trou de mine

2.
n. - raseur, casse-pieds, importun, ennui, corvée, scie (fam)
v. tr. - ennuyer, assommer, raser, casser les pieds à

idioms:

• bore the pants off    ennuyer qn à mourir
• bored to death    mort d'ennui

3.
n. - raz-de-marée

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - bohren, langweilen
n. - (tech.) Bohrung, (tech.) Innendurchmesser, (mil.) Kaliber, (ugs.) Ärgernis

2.
n. - (ugs.) Langeweiler, langweiliger Mensch
v. - langweilen

idioms:

• bore the pants off    jmdn. zu Tode langweilen
• bored to death    sich zu Tode langweilen

3.
n. - Flutwelle, Bore

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διάμετρος, διαμέτρημα, (καθομ.) πληκτικός άνθρωπος, βαρετό θέμα, παλιρροιακό κύμα
v. - (δια)τρυπώ, διανοίγω, κάνω γεώτρηση, κουράζω, προκαλώ πλήξη σε, προχωρώ ανοίγοντας δρόμο, (για δρομέα, άλογο ιπποδρομίας κ.λπ.) ωθώ άλλο αγωνιζόμενο προς το πλάι, παραμερίζω

idioms:

• bore the pants off    προκαλώ αφόρητη πλήξη σε
• bored to death    καταβαριεστημένος, που βαριέται του θανατά

Italiano (Italian)
trapanare, annoiare, maroso, buco, calibro, scandaglio, seccatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) ou coisa (f) enfadonha, aborrecimento (m), calibre (m), onda grande (f), orifício (m), perfuração (f)
v. - imp. de bear, entediar, perfurar

Русский (Russian)
бурить, надоедать, скважина, зануда

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - barrenar, taladrar, perforar
v. intr. - hacer un agujero o agujeros, adelantarse, atacar a traición
n. - perforación, barreno, taladro

2.
n. - fastidioso, pesado
v. tr. - aburrir, cansar, hastiar

idioms:

• bore the pants off    aburrir terriblemente
• bored to death    muerto de aburrimiento

3.
n. - oleada de agua, subida de la marea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - borrhål, rör, kaliber, inre diameter
v. - borra, tränga sig fram

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 钻, 凿, 挖, 在...上钻孔, 钻孔, 挤过去, 挖井, 孔, 口径, 内膛

2. 使厌烦, 烦扰, 令人讨厌的人, 令人讨厌的事物

idioms:

• bore the pants off    无聊的要死
• bored to death    百般无聊

3. 激潮, 怒潮

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使厭煩, 煩擾
n. - 令人討厭的人, 令人討厭的事物

idioms:

• bore the pants off    無聊的要死
• bored to death    百般無聊

2.
n. - 激潮, 怒潮

3.
v. tr. - 鑽, 鑿, 挖, 在...上鑽孔
v. intr. - 鑽孔, 擠過去, 挖井
n. - 孔, 口徑, 內膛

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~을 뚫다, 밀고 나아가다
v. intr. - 구멍을 뚫다, 조금씩 나아가다
n. - 구멍

2.
n. - 따분한 사람
v. tr. - ~을 지겹게 하다

3.
n. - 고조, 해일

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あける, 掘る, 穴をあける, 押し分けて進む, 試掘する, うんざりさせる
n. - 穴, 試掘した穴, 直径, 口径, うんざりさせるもの, 潮津波, 内径

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص ممل أو مضجر, قطر أو عيار مدفع أو بندقيه, ثقب, موجه مد (فعل) نقب, حفر, أسأم, أتعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קדח (חור), ניקב‬
v. intr. - ‮קדח באר, התקדם, נע‬
n. - ‮קוטר לוע הקנה (קליבר), חור, חלל הקנה‬
v. tr. - ‮שעמם‬
n. - ‮אדם משעמם, דבר לא נעים‬
n. - ‮גל גבוה, עליית מי הגיאות‬

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