bore

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /bɔː(r)/
• SAMPA: /bO:(r)/

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• Homophones: boar, Boer, boor

Verb

Plain form bore

Third-person singular bores

Past tense bored

Past participle bored

Present participle boring

A machine boring a tunnel

1. (transitive) If you bore somebody, you make them feel that they want to do something else because it is not interesting.

   I hate tennis; it bores me.

2. (transitive & intransitive) If you bore a hole, you make a round hole by turning something round and round.

   You need to bore a hole in the wood to put the wire through.

Noun

Singular bore

Plural bores

1. (countable) A bore is the hole that was drilled through something.

Verb

Infinitive bear

Third person singular bears

Simple past bore

Past participle born or borne

Present participle bearing

1. The past tense of bear.