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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /bɔː/

Definition 1:
• A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
Example: the bore of a cannon

Definition 2:
• A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: artesian bore, artesian well
Labels: Australia

Definition 3:
• The diameter of such a hole.

Definition 4:
• The diameter of such a hole.
• The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.
Example: The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
Labels: especially

Definition 5:
• The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

Definition 6:
• A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

Definition 7:
• A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

Definition 8:
• A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
• The place where such a well exists.

Definition 9:
• One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Example: My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.

Definition 10:
• Something dull or uninteresting.
Example: What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.

Definition 11:
• Calibre; importance.
Noun
Pronunciation: /bɔː/

Definition 1:
• A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
Verb
Pronunciation: /bɔː/

Definition 1:
• To inspire boredom in somebody.
Example: to bore someone to death
Example: Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: interest
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• simple past of bear
Labels: form-of, past

Definition 3:
• To make a hole through something.
Labels: transitive

Definition 4:
• past participle of bear
Labels: colloquial, form-of, participle, past

Definition 5:
• To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
Example: to bore for water or oil
Example: An insect bores into a tree.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 6:
• simple past of bare
Labels: form-of, past, proscribed

Definition 7:
• To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
Example: to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
Labels: transitive

Definition 8:
• To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
Example: to bore one's way through a crowd
Labels: transitive

Definition 9:
• To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
Example: This timber does not bore well.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 10:
• To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
Example: Their eyes bore into my back.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 11:
• To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, slang, transitive

Definition 12:
• To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 13:
• To fool; to trick.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 14:
• To inflict a wound upon by means of a knife, to stab.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: chef up, juke, jook, ching, ying, shank, splash, juice up
Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bore