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Bores

/bɔːz/

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noun

  1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
  2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  3. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
  4. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
  5. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
  6. Something dull or uninteresting
  7. Calibre; importance.

verb

  1. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  2. To make a hole through something.
  3. To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
  4. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
  5. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
  6. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
  7. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  8. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
  9. To fool; to trick.

noun

  1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

Synonyms: eagre

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