26984 words

bore

13 definitions • 15 examples
1
to talk or act in a way that makes someone lose interest:

Examples:

"Am I boring you?" she asked anxiously.
2
to make someone feel very bored:

Examples:

We were all bored silly by the play.
3
to make a hole in something using a tool:

Examples:

He used a drill to bore a hole in the wall.
bore through The workmen bored through the rock.
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someone who talks too much about boring subjects:

Examples:

I had to sit next to Michael at dinner - he's such a bore.
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Examples:

Ironing is such a bore.
[ + -ing verb ] It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.
[ + to infinitive ] It's such a bore to have to write this out all over again.
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the space inside a pipe or tube, or the diameter (= measurement across the widest part) of this space:

Examples:

a narrow bore
a bore of 16 millimetres
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a very large wave that runs from the sea up a narrow river at particular times of year:

Examples:

the Severn Bore
9
used in adjectives to express the width of the space inside a cylinder, especially the inside of a gun barrel (= part shaped like a tube):

Examples:

a twelve-bore shotgun
10
to make someone lose interest:

Examples:

Am I boring you?
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to make a hole in something using a tool:

Examples:

[ I ] Workmen bored through the rock.
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someone or something that is not interesting:

Examples:

All he talks about is money – he’s such a bore.

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