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      bore
      noun
      One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
      Something dull or uninteresting.
      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.
      The place where such a well exists.
      A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
      Calibre; importance.
      A surname.
      verb
      (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
      (transitive) To make a hole through something.
      (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
      (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
      (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
      (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
      (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
      (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
      (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
      (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
      Synonyms for bore
      drillncaliberneagrentirentrepanncountersinknperforatevdryasdust
      Words related to bore
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