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    bore
    [bôr]
    verb
    bore (verb) · bores (third person present) · bored (past tense) · bored (past participle) · boring (present participle)
    1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool:
      "the drill can bore through rock" · "his eyes bored into hers" · "they bored holes in the sides"
      • hollow out (a tube or tunnel):
        "try to bore the tunnel at the correct angle"
      • hollow out (a gun barrel).
    2. make one's way through (a crowd).
    noun
    bore (noun) · bores (plural noun)
    1. the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
      • the diameter of this; the caliber:
        "a small-bore rifle"
      • a gun of a specified bore:
        "he shot a guard in the leg with a twelve-bore"
    2. short for borehole
    Origin
    Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren.
    bore
    [bôr]
    noun
    bore (noun) · bores (plural noun)
    1. a person whose talk or behavior is dull and uninteresting:
      "a crashing bore who tells the same old jokes over and over"
      • a tedious situation or thing:
        "it's such a bore cooking when one's alone"
    verb
    bore (verb) · bores (third person present) · bored (past tense) · bored (past participle) · boring (present 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"
    Origin
    mid 18th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
    bore
    [bôr]
    noun
    bore (noun) · bores (plural 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:
      "a barrage could kill off the Severn bore, the wave that runs in from the Bristol Channel during certain tides" · "a tidal bore"
    Origin
    early 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse bára ‘wave’; the term was used in the general sense ‘billow, wave’ in Middle English.
    bore
    [bôr]
    verb
    bore (verb)
    1. past of bear
    bear
    [ber]
    verb
    bore (past tense)
    1. 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"
      • take responsibility for:
        "no one likes to bear the responsibility for such decisions" · "the expert's fee shall be borne by the tenant"
      • be able to accept or stand up to:
        "it is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny"
    2. endure (an ordeal or difficulty):
      "she bore the pain stoically" · "the loneliness is the hardest thing to bear"
      • manage to tolerate (a situation or experience):
        "she could hardly bear his sarcasm" · "I cannot bear to see you hurt"
      • (cannot bear someone/something)
        strongly dislike:
        "I can't bear caviar"
    3. formal
      literary
      (of a person) carry (someone or something):
      "he was bearing a tray of brimming glasses" · "the warriors bore lances tipped with iron"
      • formal
        literary
        (of a vehicle or boat) convey (passengers or cargo):
        "steamboats bear the traveler out of Kerrerra Sound"
      • formal
        literary
        have or display as a visible mark or feature:
        "many of the papers bore his flamboyant signature" · "a small boat bearing a white flag"
      • formal
        literary
        be called by (a name or title):
        "he bore the surname Tiller"
      • formal
        literary
        carry or conduct oneself in a particular manner:
        "she bore herself with dignity"
    4. formal
      literary
      give birth to (a child):
      "she bore six daughters" · "his wife had borne him a son"
      • formal
        literary
        (of a tree or plant) produce (fruit or flowers):
        "the squash bears fruit shaped like cucumbers"
    5. turn and proceed in a specified direction:
      "bear left and follow the old road"
    Origin
    Old English beran, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre.
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    verb
    1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool:
      drill
      pierce
      perforate
      puncture
      punch
      cut
      tunnel
      burrow
      mine
      dig (out)
      sink
      make
      create
      put
      drive
      gouge (out)
      noun
      1. short for
        borehole
        borehole
        hole
        well
        shaft
        pit
        passage
        tunnel
      noun
      1. a person whose talk or behavior is dull and uninteresting:
        nuisance
        bother
        pest
        annoyance
        trial
        vexation
        tedious thing
        tiresome thing
        thorn in one's flesh
        tiresome person
        tedious person
      verb
      1. make (someone) feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness:
        stultify
        stupefy
        weary
        tire
        fatigue
        exhaust
        wear out
        be tedious to
        pall on
        send to sleep
        leave cold
        bore to tears
        bore to death
        bore out of one's mind
        bore stiff
        bore rigid
        bore stupid
        hebetate
        Opposite:
        interest
        entertain
      verb
      1. carry the weight of; support:
        support
        carry
        hold up
        prop up
        keep up
        brace
        underpin
        buttress
        reinforce
        bolster up
        shore up
      2. endure (an ordeal or difficulty):
        endure
        tolerate
        put up with
        stand
        suffer
        abide
        experience
        undergo
        go through
        countenance
        brook
        brave
        weather
        support
        submit to
      3. (of a person) carry (someone or something):
        carry
        bring
        transport
        move
        convey
        take
        fetch
        haul
        lug
        shift
        deliver
      4. give birth to (a child):
        bring forth
        deliver
        have
        mother
        create
        produce
        spawn
        conceive
        breed
        procreate
        reproduce
        birth
        beget
        engender
        give birth to
        be delivered of
        be brought to bed of
      5. turn and proceed in a specified direction:
        veer
        curve
        swerve
        incline
        turn
        fork
        diverge
        deviate
        bend
        go
        move
        tack
        sheer
       

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