bore
🇺🇸
/bɔːr/
🇬🇧
/bɔː(r)/
verb
R
to make someone feel uninterested or tired, especially by talking too much
His long speech about taxes will bore everyone at the meeting.
R
to make a deep hole by drilling or digging
The machine can bore through hard rock to make tunnels.
R
to look at someone very hard and make them feel uneasy
His intense stare seemed to bore right through me.
R
to make someone feel uninterested or to make a hole
Some movies bore me, but others are exciting.
noun
R
a person who is not interesting and talks too much
He is such a bore because he only talks about himself.
R
something that is not interesting or annoys you
Waiting in line is a real bore for most people.
R
the inside hole of a tube or gun, or how wide it is
The gun has a large bore that makes it powerful.
R
a big wave that moves up a river from the sea
The bore wave rushed up the river during high tide.
R
a deep hole dug in the ground to find water or oil
They dug a bore to reach the water underground.
translation
to make someone feel uninterested or tired, especially by talking too much; to make a deep hole by drilling or digging; to look at someone very hard and make them feel uneasy; to make someone feel uninterested or to make a hole
a person who is not interesting and talks too much; something that is not interesting or annoys you; the inside hole of a tube or gun, or how wide it is; a big wave that moves up a river from the sea; a deep hole dug in the ground to find water or oil
Word Forms
3rd Present
bores
Past
bored
Perfect
bored
Progressive
boring
Plural
bores