bore
Definitions
verb
To inspire boredom in somebody.
to bore someone to death
Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
To make a hole through something.
I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
to bore for water or oil
An insect bores into a tree.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore […] a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
to bore one’s way through a crowd
What bustling crowds I bored.
noun
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
the bore of a cannon
the bores of wind-instruments
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.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
noun
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.