bored
adjective
[ bɔːd ]
• feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity.
• "she got bored with staring out of the window"
bored
adjective
• (of a gun) having a specified bore.
• "large-bored guns"
bore
verb
• 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.
Origin:
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren .
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.
