bored

A2
Pronunciation
/bɔːd/
/bɔːɹd/
Verb
9 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.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do

2 Definition

Uninterested, without attention

Example Sentences
  • The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem
3 Definition

Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)