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Verb
/bôr/,
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boring, present participle; bores, 3rd person singular present; bored, past tense; bored, past participle;
  1. Make (someone) feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness
    • - rather than bore you with all the details, I'll hit some of the bright spots
Noun
  1. A steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary

  1. (bore) a person who evokes boredom
  2. (bore) cause to be bored
  3. (bore) make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
  4. tidal bore: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  5. (bore) diameter of a tube or gun barrel
  6. (bore) a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
  7. Francisco Bores (Madrid, May 6, 1898 - Paris, May 10, 1972) was one of important figures of twentieth century European art. ...
  8. (Bore (engines)) Bore is the diameter measurement of the cylinders in a piston engine.
  9. (Bore (Italy)) Bore is a comune in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy.
  10. (Bore (wind instruments)) The bore of a wind instrument is its interior chamber that defines a flow path through which air travels and is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instruments' timbre.
  11. (Bore (woreda)) Bore is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the northern part of the Borena Zone, Bore is bordered on the south by Odo Shakiso, on the west by Uraga, on the north by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, and on the east by ...
  12. (bore) A hole drilled or milled through something, as in the bore of a cannon; A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists; One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; To make a hole through something; To inspire boredom in somebody; to disinterest
  13. (bore) (1) an internal cylindrical passageway, as of a tube, hose or pipe; (2) the internal diameter of a tube, hose, or pipe.
  14. (bore) Traveling wave with an abrupt vertical front or wall of water. Under certain conditions, the leading edge of a tsunami wave may form a bore as it approaches and runs onshore. ...
  15. (Bore) The diameter of the hole drilled in a door for a knob, lever or deadbolt.
  16. (Bore) The hole for the arbor in a circular saw blade.
  17. (Bore) A hole cut into the stile of the door allowing door hardware or multi-point to be installed.
  18. (Bore) Inside diameter of the smallest opening through a valve. (See "Port".)
  19. (BORE) The interior of a firearm's barrel excluding the chamber.
  20. (Bore) The inside of the barrel.
  21. (Bore) someone to be avoided at motorcycle rallies, at all costs! It also refers to the cylinders diameter measurement.
  22. (BORE) A tiresome or country acquaintance, poor relation, a leg of mutton, a hackney-coach, children, or a family party. — Aristocratic Satire.
  23. (BORE) A rapid, sudden and sometimes dangerous tidal wave that flows upstream in some river estuaries just after low tide. The effect is most prominent in narrow, shallow reaches where constriction causes the incoming tide to rise rapidly. Bores of three to six Feet are common. ...
  24. (BORE) The internal diameter of a firework tube, this determines the size of the effects or shells contained within. Generally, a wider bore means a more powerful effect, e.g. a 30mm candle will usually be more powerful than a 14mm candle.
  25. (BORE) cylindrical surface machined into the housing to mate with the outside diameter of a shaft seal; also known as the housing bore. (See Figure 256)