boreverb
uk/bɔːr/us/bɔːr/bore verb (FAIL TO INTEREST)
[ T ] to talk or act in a way that makes someone lose interest:
to make someone feel very bored:
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- I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.
- I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
- He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.
- He grew bored of the countryside.
- The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
- Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring.
- This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
- Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
- This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening.
- Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.
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Bore and bored
- (stuck) in a rut idiom
- ass
- banal
- be (stuck) in a groove idiom
- be watching the clock idiom
- bore the ass off sb idiom
- bored
- bored stiff idiom
- brain-dead
- clock
- get itchy feet idiom
- languid
- listless
- outgrow
- restless
- tire
- uninspired
- uninterested
- weary
- you should get out more idiom
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bore verb (MAKE A HOLE)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to make a hole in something using a tool:
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Making holes in things
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture
- riddle
bore verb (BEAR)
past simple of bear
Phrasal verb(s)
borenoun
uk/bɔːr/us/bɔːr/bore noun (NOT INTERESTING)
[ C ] disapproving someone who talks too much about boring subjects:
[ S ] informal an activity or situation that is annoying or unpleasant:
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People who are boring and old-fashioned
- Colonel Blimp
- crashing bore
- dinosaur
- drip
- fogey
- fossil
- fuddy-duddy
- has-been
- killjoy
- Luddite
- party pooper
- saddo
- spod
- spoilsport
- square
- stick-in-the-mud
- stuffed shirt
- yawn
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bore noun (HOLE)
[ C ] specialized US usually gauge engineering the space inside a pipe or tube, or the diameter (= measurement across the widest part) of this space:
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Geometry: properties of circles & curves
- arc
- arched
- belly
- circumference
- circumferential
- concave
- concentric
- convex
- curve
- curvy
- eccentric
- gauge
- geodesic
- globular
- helix
- incisura
- parabola
- round
- rounded
- sinuous
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bore noun (WAVE)
[ C ] a very large wave that runs from the sea up a narrow river at particular times of year:
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Waves
- break
- breaker
- choppy
- crest
- dumper
- heavy
- lap
- overfall
- ripple
- roller
- rough
- spume
- standing wave
- swell
- tidal wave
- tsunami
- wake
- wave
- whitecaps
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