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How bored she was with that face!—D. Devine, 1970

He got bored with working in the scout hut—L. Henderson, 1976

Very many people...do not attend church because they are bored by ritualistic services—Lancashire Life, 1977.

I think people might get bored of seeing me—ballet website, British English 2004 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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: She was completely "bored" (past tense of bore) with the "board" (prepaid meals) at her school.

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• Mining - bore: (vb) make mine tunnel by drilling
• Disasters and Phenomena - bore: tidal flood caused by rapid rise in water in channel
• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - bore: (vb) drill out a hole or cavity to increase its size
• Drills and Bits - bore: tool with bit, such as an auger, used for boring out holes
• Firearm Parts, Accessories, and Processes - bore: cylindrical, hollow part of gun barrel, usu. longer than it is wide; caliber measure
• Internal Combustion Engine - bore: cylinder diameter
• Behavior or Personality

Look up bore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Bore may refer to:

• A hole drilled or milled through something, especially a large hole:

• Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine
• Bore (wind instruments), the interior chamber of a wind instrument
• Gauge (bore diameter), the inner diameter of the barrel of a firearm
• Bore snake, a tool to clean the barrel of a firearm
• Borehole, the drilled shaft of a well

• Bore (woreda), a district of Ethiopia that includes the town of Bore
• Boré, Mali
• Bore, Emilia-Romagna, a town in Italy
• Tidal bore, a type of tidal wave
• A person who inspires boredom
• Bore, a concept associated with the Dark One in the Wheel of Time book series
• MS Bore, a car-passenger ferry built in 1960 for Steamship Company Bore

See also

• Boar (disambiguation)
• Boer
• Boor (disambiguation)
• Boring (disambiguation)
• Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist

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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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