Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BORE

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Definitions of BORE

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
3. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
4. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
5. Calibre; importance.
6. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
7. Something dull or uninteresting.
8. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
9. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
10. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
11. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
12. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
13. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
14. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
15. (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
16. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
17. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
18. inflection of bear
19. (colloquial) past participle of bear.
20. (proscribed) inflection of bare
21. (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).

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