bore

  • (noun): A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
  • (noun): The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  • (noun): A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
  • (noun): A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
  • (noun): One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
  • (noun): Something dull or uninteresting
  • (noun): Calibre; importance.
  • (verb): To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • (verb): To make a hole through something.
  • (verb): To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
  • (verb): To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
  • (verb): To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
  • (verb): To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
  • (verb): To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  • (verb): (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
  • (verb): To fool; to trick.
  • the bore of a cannon
  • An insect bores into a tree.
  • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
  • to bore one's way through a crowd
  • This timber does not bore well.