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Vocabulary Entry
bore
|verb • verb • noun • noun
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V
verb
To make a hole by drilling or digging.
Example Sentences
"He decided to bore a hole in the wood for the screw."
"They used a power drill to bore through the concrete."
"The workers were tasked with boring the tunnel."
V
verb
To tire or weary someone by being dull or uninteresting.
Example Sentences
"The lecture began to bore the students after an hour."
"She tends to bore her friends with long stories about her cat."
"He was afraid the movie would bore the audience."
N
noun
A feeling of boredom or lack of interest.
Example Sentences
"She felt a deep bore during the meeting."
"The endless wait was a real bore for everyone."
"He expressed his bore with a loud yawn."
N
noun
An act of making a hole, especially by drilling.
Example Sentences
"The bore in the earth was needed for the water pipe installation."
"The engineer calculated the dimensions for the bore."
"There was a large bore made in the metal sheet."