bore
verb
[ bɔː ]
• make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.
• "bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through"
Similar:
drill,
pierce,
perforate,
puncture,
punch,
cut,
tunnel,
burrow,
mine,
dig (out),
gouge (out),
sink,
make,
create,
put,
drive,
• (of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way.
bore
noun
• the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
• short for borehole.
Origin:
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren .
bore
noun
• a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting.
• "he can be a crashing bore"
Similar:
tedious thing,
tiresome thing,
nuisance,
bother,
pest,
annoyance,
trial,
vexation,
thorn in one's flesh,
tiresome person,
tedious person,
drag,
pain,
pain in the neck,
bind,
headache,
hassle,
pain in the butt,
nudnik,
fair cow,
nark,
blighter,
blister,
pill,
pain in the arse,
pain in the ass,
bore
verb
• cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.
• "she is too polite to bore us with anecdotes"
Similar:
be tedious to,
pall on,
stultify,
stupefy,
weary,
tire,
fatigue,
send to sleep,
exhaust,
wear out,
leave cold,
bore to tears,
bore to death,
bore out of one's mind,
bore stiff,
bore rigid,
bore stupid,
turn off,
hebetate,
Origin:
mid 18th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
bore
noun
• a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary.
Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse bára ‘wave’; the term was used in the general sense ‘billow, wave’ in Middle English.
bore
verb
• past of bear1.
bear
verb
• carry the weight of; support.
• "the bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their nests"
Similar:
support,
carry,
hold up,
prop up,
keep up,
bolster up,
brace,
shore up,
underpin,
buttress,
reinforce,
• endure (an ordeal or difficulty).
• "she bore the pain stoically"
Similar:
endure,
tolerate,
put up with,
stand,
suffer,
abide,
submit to,
experience,
undergo,
go through,
countenance,
brook,
brave,
weather,
support,
stick,
stomach,
swallow,
• (of a person) carry (someone or something).
• "he was bearing a tray of brimming glasses"
Similar:
carry,
bring,
transport,
move,
convey,
take,
fetch,
haul,
lug,
shift,
deliver,
tote,
• give birth to (a child).
• "she bore six daughters"
Similar:
give birth to,
bring forth,
deliver,
be delivered of,
have,
mother,
create,
produce,
spawn,
conceive,
breed,
procreate,
reproduce,
birth,
drop,
beget,
engender,
be brought to bed of,
• turn and proceed in a specified direction.
• "bear left and follow the old drove road"
Similar:
veer,
curve,
swerve,
incline,
turn,
fork,
diverge,
deviate,
bend,
go,
move,
tack,
sheer,
Origin:
Old English beran, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre .
