Bore

Bore
Bore Bore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boring}.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]91.] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. [1913 Webster]

I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. [1913 Webster]

Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. --T. W. Harris. [1913 Webster]

3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I bored.'' --Gay. [1913 Webster]

4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. [1913 Webster]

He bores me with some trick. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]


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  • Bore — Bore, v. i. 1. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bore — ‘make a hole’ [OE] and bore ‘be tiresome’ [18] are almost certainly two distinct words. The former comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhor , *bhr , which produced Latin forāre ‘bore’ (whence English foramen ‘small anatomical opening’),… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • bore — ‘make a hole’ [OE] and bore ‘be tiresome’ [18] are almost certainly two distinct words. The former comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhor , *bhr , which produced Latin forāre ‘bore’ (whence English foramen ‘small anatomical opening’),… …   Word origins

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  • bore — bore1 [bôr] vt. bored, boring [ME boren < OE borian, to bore < bor, auger < IE base * bher , to cut with a sharp point > Gr * pharein, to split, L forare, to bore, ferire, to cut, kill] 1. to make a hole in or through with a drill or… …   English World dictionary

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  • Bore —   [indisch »Flut«] die, / n, Sprungwelle, eine Gezeitenwelle mit fast senkrechtem vorderem Fluthang, die besonders bei Springflut in trichterförmig verengte Flussmündungen stromauf dringt, z. B. die Bore im Severn (Südwestengland), die Mascaret… …   Universal-Lexikon

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