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Definition bore

Etymology 1

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

Verb

bore (third-person singular simple present bores, present participle boring, simple past and past participle bored)

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 push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
8. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
9. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.

Noun

bore (plural bores)

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. The place where the well exists.
5. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.
6. Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.
7. Calibre; importance.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”). Cognate with Icelandic bára, Faroese bára.

Noun

bore (plural bores)

1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.

Etymology 3

Verb

bore

1. simple past tense of bear

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