bore
/bɔː/
To inspire boredom in somebody; To make a hole through something; To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool
- he/she/it
- bores
- past participle
- bored
Meanings
- 1
To inspire boredom in somebody
He started to get bored.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
His long speech bored everyone.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To make a hole through something
- 3
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool
- 4
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus
- 5
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage throughrare
- 6
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turnsrare
- 7
To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes)rare
- 8
To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.)rare
- 9
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effortrare
- 10
To fool; to trickrare