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verb | noun | verb borebore1 /bɔr/ ●●○ verb VERB TABLEbore |
Present | I, you, we, they | bore | | he, she, it | bores | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bored | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bored | | he, she, it | has bored | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bored | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bore | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bored |
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Present | I | am boring | | he, she, it | is boring | | you, we, they | are boring | Past | I, he, she, it | was boring | | you, we, they | were boring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been boring | | he, she, it | has been boring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been boring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be boring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been boring |
► bore somebody to death/tears (=make someone extremely bored) THESAURUSto make a small hole in or through something using an object with a sharp point► pierceto make a small hole in or through something using an object with a sharp point: A bullet pierced his spinal cord. Pierce a hole in each card to thread the ribbon through. ► make a hole in something to cut something or do something else that causes it to have a hole: Make a hole in the bottom of the can using a hammer and nail. ► poke a hole informal to make a hole in something by pushing something pointed into it: Use your finger to poke a hole in the dough. ► prick to make a very small hole in the surface of something, using something thin with a sharp point: She pricked her finger with the needle. ► punch to make a hole in something using a metal tool or other sharp object: I had to punch an extra hole in the belt to get it to fit. ► puncture to make a small hole in something so that air or liquid can get out: A broken rib punctured his lung. ► drill to make a hole using a special tool: He drilled three holes in the wall about six inches apart. ► bore to make a deep round hole in a hard surface: Workers bored a hole in the rock. ► penetrate formal to pass into or through something that is deep or thick, and usually make a hole in it: The bullet penetrated the door and went through the other side. 1[transitive] to make someone feel bored: Poetry bores me. He was bored by the conversation.bore somebody with something Angela’s always boring us with her stories about her family.bore somebody to death/tears (=make someone extremely bored)2[intransitive, transitive] to make a deep round hole in a hard surface: bore through/into The drill is powerful enough to bore through solid rock.bore something through/in etc. something They bored a tunnel underneath the village.► see thesaurus at piercebore into somebody phrasal verb if someone’s eyes bore into you, he or she looks at you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable verb | noun | verb borebore2 ●●○ noun ► a theater/photography/science etc. bore (=someone who talks too much about a particular subject) 1[countable] someone who makes other people feel bored, especially because he or she talks too much about something: She’s such a bore!a theater/photography/science etc. bore (=someone who talks too much about a particular subject)2[singular] a situation or a job you have to do that is not interesting to you: Washing the dishes is a bore.3[singular] the size of the inside of a tube or something shaped like a tube, especially the barrel of a gun: a 12-bore shotgun4[countable] a borehole verb | noun | verb borebore3 verb VERB TABLEbore |
Present | I, you, we, they | bore | | he, she, it | bores | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bored | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bored | | he, she, it | has bored | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bored | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bore | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bored |
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Present | I | am boring | | he, she, it | is boring | | you, we, they | are boring | Past | I, he, she, it | was boring | | you, we, they | were boring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been boring | | he, she, it | has been boring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been boring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be boring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been boring |
the past tense of bear |