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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.
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