bore

IPA: bˈɔr

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
The place where such a well exists.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting.
Calibre; importance.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
(transitive) To make a hole through something.
(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.
(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
(intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
(transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(obsolete) To fool; to trick.

Examples of "bore" in Sentences

The story bores people.
The soldiers are tired and bored.
Sprouting saxifrage bore the same unnatural hues as the cabbages.
Means within the bore defining a surface inclined to the axis of the bore.
Each cylinder includes a bore and an undersized piston received within the bore.