bore
/boɹ/ noun C2- A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something. · the bore of a cannon
- The diameter of such a hole.
- The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor. · The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- The place where such a well exists.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person. · My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
Plural bores
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Red eyes and damp handkerchiefs bore convincing testimony to the fact that Miss Stacy’s farewell words must have been quite as touching as Mr.
Lynde wanted to know what else you could expect with a Tory superintendent of education at the head of affairs, and Matthew, noting Anne’s paleness and indifference and the lagging steps that bore her home from the post office every afternoon, began seriously to wonder if he hadn’t better vote Grit at the next election.
Collins, after assuring them that he bore his young cousin no ill-will, and should never resent her behaviour as any affront, seated himself at another table with Mr.
She looked at Jane to see how she bore it; but Jane was very composedly talking to Bingley.
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