boreth

Verb

bore (third-person singular simple present bores, present participle boring, simple past and past participle bored)

1. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
   • to bore someone to death
2. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
   • I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
3. (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.
   • to bore for water or oil
4. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
   • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
5. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
   • to bore one’s way through a crowd
6. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
   • This timber does not bore well.

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