bore
/boɹ/ verb B1- To inspire boredom in somebody. · to bore someone to death· Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
- To make a hole through something.
- 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· An insect bores into a tree.
- 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
- 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
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns. · This timber does not bore well.
- To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes). · Their eyes bore into my back.
- To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
He/she/it bores · Past bored · Past participle bored · -ing form boring
Verb forms
- Base form
- bore
- He/she/it
- bores
- Past
- bored
- Past participle
- bored
- -ing form
- boring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He bore it with noble indifference; and she would have imagined that Bingley had received his sanction to be happy, had she not seen his eyes likewise turned towards Mr.
His ease and cheerfulness rendered him a most agreeable addition to their evening party; and he bore with the ill-judged officiousness of the mother, and heard all her silly remarks with a forbearance and command of countenance particularly grateful to the daughter.
Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow.
A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire.
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