bore
Meaning
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- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
Synonyms
caliber
make a hole
drill hole
dull person
gnaw away
make holes in
shot hole
bore a hole
uncouth person
become boring
bore-hole
cause trouble
gnaw at
bore hole
cash affect concern
dig a hole
drill-hole
hit draw
make sick
pierce through
scrape out
touch feel
be true to
old bat
entocoele
be worm-eaten
make hole
gun bore
tidal flow
cylinder diameter
blast hole
brace bit
straight bit
cylinder barrel
hole digger
sand core
bore in
burrow in
gun port
internal diameter of pipe
subula
gouge out
scoop out
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɔɹ/
Etymology
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.
bear
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- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- (slang) A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- A koala (bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
bare
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- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having no supplies.
- Having no decoration.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- (slang) A lot or lots of.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Mere; without embellishment.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Not insured.
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