bore

Boring a hole through a wooden plank with an auger.

Meanings

To inspire boredom in somebody.
To make a hole through something.
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
To fool; to trick.
Past of bear
Past participle of bear

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting.
Calibre; importance.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

From Middle English boren, from Old English borian, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō ("to bore, to pierce"), Latin feriō ("strike, cut") and Albanian birë ("hole"). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen.
From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára. Cognate with Icelandic bára, Faroese bára.

Explore and search massive catalog of over 900,000 word meanings.

Get a curated memorable word every day.

Level up your vocabulary by setting personal goals.

Try out Vedaist now.