Word: bore
Phonetic:
/bɔː/Listen:
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. Example: the bore of a cannon
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting
Calibre; importance.
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. Example: An insect bores into a tree.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus. Example: to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. Example: to bore one's way through a crowd
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns. Example: This timber does not bore well.
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
To fool; to trick.
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