bore

B1
Pronunciation
/bɔː/
/bɔɹ/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

Example Sentences
  • the bore of a cannon
2 Definition

The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

3 Definition

A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

4 Definition

A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.

5 Definition

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

6 Definition

Something dull or uninteresting

7 Definition

Calibre; importance.

8 Definition

A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

Verb
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

To inspire boredom in somebody.

2 Definition

To make a hole through something.

3 Definition

To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

Example Sentences
  • An insect bores into a tree.
4 Definition

To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

Example Sentences
  • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
5 Definition

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Example Sentences
  • to bore one's way through a crowd
6 Definition

To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

Example Sentences
  • This timber does not bore well.
7 Definition

To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

8 Definition

(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

9 Definition

To fool; to trick.

10 Definition

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

Example Sentences
  • Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.
11 Definition

To support, sustain, or endure.

12 Definition

To support, keep up, or maintain.

13 Definition

To press or impinge upon.

14 Definition

To produce, yield, give birth to.

15 Definition

(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

Example Sentences
  • By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.
16 Definition

To gain or win.