bore

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.

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.

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.