Definitions

1. verb

to make someone feel tired, dull, or uninterested, often because something is too long or repetitive

“The teacher’s long lecture began to bore the students.”

2. noun

a long, narrow hole in the ground, especially one made by a drill or a boring machine

“The miners had to navigate through the bore to reach the underground cavern.”

3. noun

a person who bores others, often because they are dull or tedious

“The bore of the party was the one who talked about the same old thing for hours.”

4. noun

a unit of measurement of the rate of a drill or a boring machine, equal to one-eighth of an inch

“The drill’s bore was set to one inch.”

5. verb

to make a hole or a passage by drilling or boring

“The engineer had to bore through the metal to install the pipe.”

6. verb

to make a passage or a hole through something, especially by drilling or boring

“The geologist had to bore through the rock to reach the fossil.”