Past tense of bore
regular verb
The past tense of bore is bored. The past participle is also bored.
Forms of bore
| Base form (V1) | bore /bɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bored /bɔːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bored /bɔːd/ |
| Present participle | boring /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bores /bɔɹz/ |
Bored in a sentence
- On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.1950 September, “Network News: Watford Tunnel, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 641
- I have a tendency to get bored after the first half an hour of a movie.From the entry tendency
- He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.From the entry span
- I became bored while waiting in the airport so I watched a little cellevision.From the entry cellevision
- The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.From the entry lengthiness
Meaning of bore
- verb To inspire boredom in somebody.
- verb To make a hole through something.
- verb To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
Questions about the past tense of bore
- What is the past tense of bore?
- The past tense of bore is bored.
- What is the past participle of bore?
- The past participle of bore is bored.
- Is bore a regular or irregular verb?
- Bore is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bore (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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