bore

bore

bore¹ [bôr]

vt.

bored, boring [ME boren < OE borian, to bore < bor, auger < IE base * bher-, to cut with a sharp point > Gr * pharein, to split, L forare, to bore, ferire, to cut, kill]

1. to make a hole in or through with a drill or other rotating tool

2. to make (a hole, tunnel, well, etc.) by or as by drilling

3. to force (one's way), as through a crowd

4. to weary by being dull, uninteresting, or monotonous

vi.

1. to bore a hole or passage

2. to be drilled by a tool [soft materials bore easily]

3. to move forward slowly but steadily, as if by boring

4. to become weary and disinterested

n.

[ME < the v.; also < ON bora, a hole]

1. a hole made by or as by boring

2.

a) the hollow part inside a tube, pipe, or cylinder, as of a gun barrel

b) the inside diameter of such a hollow part; gauge; caliber

3. a tiresome, dull person or thing

bore² [bôr]

n.

[ME bare, a wave < ON bara, a billow < IE * bhoros < base * bher- > BEAR¹]

a high wall of moving water caused by a very rapid rise of the tide in shallow, narrow channels

bore³ [bôr]

vt., vi.

pt. of BEAR¹