bore

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
2. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
3. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
4. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
5. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
6. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
7. (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
8. (slang, transitive) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
9. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
10. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.

Noun

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
3. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
4. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
5. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
6. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
7. Something dull or uninteresting.
8. Calibre; importance.

Noun

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

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Synonyms

drill

pierce

perforate

tire

weary

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annoy

puncture

punch

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caliber

calibre

bother

make a hole

broach

tap

gauge

eagre

penetrate

worry

tidal bore

strike

hole

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sink

prick

probe

eager

drill hole

stab

borehole

aperture

aegir

ream

enter

permeate

sink in

pervade

dull person

drag

disgust

dig

corrode

boring

put off

chink

borer

excavate

pill

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cause trouble

embarrass

pain in the neck

eat away

Translations

bohren

ennuyer

langweilen

percer

annoiare

forer

perforar

horadar

boren

vervelen

aburrir

forare

perfurar

perforare

perforar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: boren

Inherited from Old English: borian

Cognate with Danish: bore

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: bore

Cognate with Dutch: boren

Cognate with German: bohren

Cognate with Old Norse: bora

Cognate with Latin: forō

Cognate with Latin: feriō

Cognate with Albanian: birë

Inherited from Middle English: *bore

Cognate with Icelandic: bára

Cognate with Faroese: bára

In summary

From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.
Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen.