bores
noun
- 1
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
“the bore of a cannon”
- 2
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- 3
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- 4
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
- 5
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- 6
Something dull or uninteresting
- 7
Calibre; importance.
verb
- 1
To inspire boredom in somebody.
- 2
To make a hole through something.
- 3
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
“An insect bores into a tree.”
- 4
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
“to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”
- 5
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
“to bore one's way through a crowd”
- 6
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
“This timber does not bore well.”
- 7
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- 8
(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- 9
To fool; to trick.
Antonyms
noun
- 1
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
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