bore

/bɔː//bɔɹ/

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.

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.

1
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

1
To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
“Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.”
2
To support, sustain, or endure.
3
To support, keep up, or maintain.
4
To press or impinge upon.
5
To produce, yield, give birth to.
6
(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
“By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.”
7
To gain or win.

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