bore

(transitive)To inspire boredom in somebody.

to bore someone to death

Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.

(transitive)To make a hole through something.

(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.

to bore for water or oil

An insect bores into a tree.

(transitive)To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole

(transitive)To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

to bore one’s way through a crowd

(intransitive)To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

This timber does not bore well.

(intransitive)To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).

Their eyes bore into my back.

(slang, transitive)(transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).

(intransitive)To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

(obsolete)To fool; to trick.

(form of, past)simple past of bear

(colloquial, form of, participle, past)past participle of bear

A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.

the bore of a cannon

The diameter of such a hole.

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.

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.

Something dull or uninteresting.

What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.

Calibre; importance.

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