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Bored

/bɔːd/

To inspire boredom in somebody.

📖 Definitions of "Bored"

verb
  1. 1

    To inspire boredom in somebody.

  2. 2

    To make a hole through something.

  3. 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. 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"

adjective
  1. 1

    Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do

  2. 2

    Uninterested, without attention

    "The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem"

  3. 3

    Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

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