bore
VERB 1 (tr):
1. to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.:
The long speech bored me.
2. to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting.
3. to cause to feel weariness and restlessness through lack of interest; to cause to feel boredom:
trying not to bore your audience; got bored by the party and left.
VERB 2:
(tr or intr):
1. to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool.
2. to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine.
(tr):
1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material:
to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3,000 feet deep.
4. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
5. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually followed by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
6. to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool:
bore a wooden post.
7. to make by boring or digging away material:
bored a tunnel; use a drill to bore a hole through the board.
2. (tr) to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc.
(intr):
1. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
2. Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
3. (of a substance) to admit of being bored:
Certain types of steel do not bore well.
4. to make a hole by or as if by boring:
insects that bore into trees.
5. to sink a mine shaft or well:
boring for oil.
6. to make one's way steadily especially against resistance:
We bored through the jostling crowd.
of a horse or athlete in a race:
Informal. to push other competitors, esp in order to try to get them out of the way.
VERB 3:
simple past tense of bear.
Origin:
Verb 1, noun 1: First recorded in 1760–70; of uncertain origin. Verb 2, noun 2: First recorded before 900; Middle English bor(i)en, Old English borian; cognate with Old High German borōn, German bohren, Old Norse bora, Latin forāre. Noun 3: First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English bare “a wave, billow,” from Old Norse bāra. Dictionary 2: Noun 2: Old English borian; related to Old Norse bora, Old High German borōn to bore, Latin forāre to pierce, Greek pharos ploughing, phárunx pharynx. Verb 1, noun 1: C18: of unknown origin. Noun 3: C17: from Old Norse bāra wave, billow. —Dictionary.com. //
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.:
The long speech bored me.
2. to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninteresting.
3. to cause to feel weariness and restlessness through lack of interest; to cause to feel boredom:
trying not to bore your audience; got bored by the party and left.
VERB 2:
(tr or intr):
1. to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool.
2. to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine.
(tr):
1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material:
to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3,000 feet deep.
4. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
5. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually followed by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
6. to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool:
bore a wooden post.
7. to make by boring or digging away material:
bored a tunnel; use a drill to bore a hole through the board.
2. (tr) to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc.
(intr):
1. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
2. Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
3. (of a substance) to admit of being bored:
Certain types of steel do not bore well.
4. to make a hole by or as if by boring:
insects that bore into trees.
5. to sink a mine shaft or well:
boring for oil.
6. to make one's way steadily especially against resistance:
We bored through the jostling crowd.
of a horse or athlete in a race:
Informal. to push other competitors, esp in order to try to get them out of the way.
VERB 3:
simple past tense of bear.
Origin:
Verb 1, noun 1: First recorded in 1760–70; of uncertain origin. Verb 2, noun 2: First recorded before 900; Middle English bor(i)en, Old English borian; cognate with Old High German borōn, German bohren, Old Norse bora, Latin forāre. Noun 3: First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English bare “a wave, billow,” from Old Norse bāra. Dictionary 2: Noun 2: Old English borian; related to Old Norse bora, Old High German borōn to bore, Latin forāre to pierce, Greek pharos ploughing, phárunx pharynx. Verb 1, noun 1: C18: of unknown origin. Noun 3: C17: from Old Norse bāra wave, billow. —Dictionary.com. //
Sources: 1, 2.