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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bore1 /bɔr/USA pronunciation v., bored, bor•ing, n. v. - to pierce (a solid substance) with a drill: [~ + object]bored a hole into the wall.[no object]bored through the walls.
- Civil Engineering to make (a tunnel, etc.) by cutting through a core of material:[~ + object]bored a tunnel under the English Channel.
- to move forward slowly and steadily:[~ + through + object]bored through the crowd of people.
- [~ + into + object] to look or stare deeply at:Her eyes bored straight into mine.
n. - [countable] a hole made by boring.
- Weights and Measures, Mechanical Engineering the inside diameter of a hole or hollow round object, such as a gun barrel:[after a number]a 12-bore shotgun (= a shotgun in which the gun barrel is 12 gauge in diameter).
bore2 /bɔr/USA pronunciation v., bored, bor•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to make (someone) weary by dullness, etc.: The long speech bored me.
n. [countable] - a dull, tiresome, or uninteresting person:She's such a bore.
- something that causes boredom or annoyance:The play was a bore.
bore is a noun and a verb, boring and bored are adjectives, boredom is a noun:He's a terrible bore. The movie bored him. The movie was boring. The bored students fell asleep during his lecture. The kids were dying of boredom, cooped up in the house all day. bore3 /bɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
bore4 /bɔr/USA pronunciation - v. a pt. of bear1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bore1 (bôr, bōr),USA pronunciation v., bored, bor•ing, n. v.t. - to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
- to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
- Civil Engineeringto form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material:to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3000 feet deep.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
- to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually fol. by through or into);
to force or make (a passage).
v.i. - to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
- Mechanical EngineeringMach. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
- (of a substance) to admit of being bored: Certain types of steel do not bore well.
n. - a hole made or enlarged by boring.
- Weights and Measures, Mechanical Engineeringthe inside diameter of a hole, tube, or hollow cylindrical object or device, such as a bushing or bearing, engine cylinder, or barrel of a gun.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English borian; cognate with Old High German borōn, Old Norse bora, Latin forāre
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged perforate, drill.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged caliber.
bore2 (bôr, bōr),USA pronunciation v., bored, bor•ing, n. v.t. - to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me.
n. - a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- a cause of ennui or petty annoyance:repetitious tasks that are a bore to do.
- of uncertain origin, originally 1760–70
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fatigue, tire, annoy.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amuse; thrill, enrapture.
bore3 (bôr, bōr),USA pronunciation n. - Oceanographyan abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
Also called tidal bore. - Old Norse bāra wave
- Middle English bare 1275–1325
- v. pt. of bear1.
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