bore
To inspire boredom in somebody.
Verb 4 meanings
To inspire boredom in somebody.
“to bore someone to death”
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.
“to bore for water or oil”
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”
Noun 4 meanings
A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
“the bore of a cannon”
A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.
The diameter of such a hole.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
Etymology
From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”).
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BORE at a glance
BORE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,768 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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