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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishboren, fromOld Englishborian(“to pierce”), fromProto-West Germanic*borōn, fromProto-Germanic*burōną.

CompareDanishbore,Norwegian Bokmålbore,Dutchboren,Germanbohren,Old Norsebora. Cognate withLatinforō(“to bore, to pierce”),Latinferiō(“strike, cut”) andAlbanianbirë(“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare Germandrillen.

Boring a hole through a wooden plank with anauger.

Verb

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bore (third-person singular simple presentbores,present participleboring,simple past and past participlebored)

  2. (transitive) Toinspireboredom in somebody.
    tobore someone to death
    Reading books reallybores me; films are much more exciting.
  4. (transitive) To make ahole through something.
    • c.1595–1596 (date written),William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:
      I'll believe as soon this whole earth may bebored.
    • 1950 September, “Network News: Watford Tunnel, L.M.R.”, inRailway Magazine, page641:
      On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel wasbored for the up and down slow lines.
  5. (intransitive) To make ahole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
    tobore for water or oil
    An insectbores into a tree.
  6. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
    tobore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; tobore a hole
    • 1862,Thaddeus William Harris,A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation:
      short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect canbore[…] a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood
  7. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
    tobore one’s way through a crowd
  8. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
    This timber does notbore well.
  9. (intransitive) Toglare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
    Their eyesbore into my back.
  10. (transitive, sports, slang) Topush ordrive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
    • 1824, Pierce Egan,Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page600:
      The right hand of Curtis was open too much ; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglisbored him down, out of the ropes.
    • 1885, Tresham Gilbey,Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume43, page107:
      Hanlan, it seems, led at about a mile, when Beach's steamerbored him, and to avoid the danger of being swamped, he put on a violent spurt and drew well clear of Beach, getting some lengths lead.
  11. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
    • 1697,Virgil, “The Third Book of theGeorgics”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      They take their flight[…]boring to the west.
  12. (obsolete) Tofool; totrick.
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to make a hole
to inspire boredom
Bore of a Krupp 38 cm gun at Batterie Vara / Møvik Fort, Norway.

Noun

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bore (pluralbores)

  1. A holedrilled ormilled through something, or (by extension) itsdiameter.
    thebore of a cannon
    • 1631,Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC,page53:
      thebores of wind-instruments
  2. The tunnel inside of a gun'sbarrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) itsdiameter.
  3. A tool, such as anauger, for making a hole by boring.
  4. Acapped well drilled to tapartesianwater.
    1. The place where such a well exists.
  5. One who inspiresboredom orlack ofinterest; an uninteresting person.
    My neighbour is such abore when he talks about his coin collection.
  6. Somethingdull oruninteresting.
    What abore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.
    • 1871,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks:
      It is as great abore as to hear a poet read his own verses.
  7. Calibre;importance.
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a hole drilled or milled through something
the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired
a tool for making a hole
one who inspires boredom

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle English*bore,bare, a borrowing fromOld Norsebára(“billow, wave”), fromProto-Germanic*bērō(“that which bears or carries”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰer-(“to bear”). Cognate withIcelandicbára(“billow, wave”),Faroesebára(“billow, wave”).Doublet ofbier.

Noun

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bore (pluralbores)

  1. A sudden and rapid flow oftide occurring in certainrivers andestuaries whichrolls up as awave.
    • 1898,H.G. Wells,The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page102:
      In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidalbore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
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sudden and rapid flow of tide

Etymology 3

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Verb

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bore

  1. simplepast ofbear
  2. (colloquial)pastparticiple ofbear
    • 1746, Charles Fearne,Minutes of the proceedings of a court-martial, aſſembled […] ‎[1], London, page159:
      Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards theReal, do you think that theDorſetſhire could havebore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her?
    • 1834, Augustus Earle,A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 […] ‎[2], pages345–346:
      […] by altering their course a very little, and easily havebore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk!
    • 2006 February 10, Karl F. Hoffman, Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick, “The Application of DNA Microarrays in the Functional Study of Schisostome/Host Biology”, in W. Evan Secor, Daniel G. Colley, editors,Schistosomiasis,Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN, page101:
      The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium havebore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied.
  3. (proscribed)simplepast ofbare

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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromWelshbore. Cognate withBretonbeure,Old Irishbáireach andOld Irishbárach, whencei mbáireach andi mbárach(“tomorrow”), modernIrishamáireach (Munster, Connaught) andIrishamárach (Donegal).

Noun

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bore m

  1. morning

Mutation

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Mutation ofbore
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
borevoreunchangedporeforevore

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bore

  1. vocativesingular ofbor(“pine wood”)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bore

  1. vocativesingular ofbor(“boron”)

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  1. ^Čmejrková, Světla, Hoffmannová, Jana, Klímová, Jana (2013)Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním (in Czech),→ISBN,page433

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bore

  1. (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive ofboren

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French

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Etymology

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Coined byJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac andLouis Jacques Thénard in 1808, from the same root but independently ofEnglishboron.

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Noun

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bore m (uncountable)

  1. boron

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Aback-formation fromboren; reinforced byOld Norsebora.

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Noun

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bore (pluralbores)

  1. Abore,hole,puncture orindentation.
  2. Agap,cavity orpiercing.
  3. (rare, euphemistic) Theanus; theasshole.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bore

  1. Alternative form ofboryn

Etymology 3

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Noun

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bore

  1. Alternative form ofbor

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsebora.

Verb

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bore (imperativebor,present tenseborer,simple past and past participleboraorboret,present participleborende)

  1. tobore ordrill(make a hole through something)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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bore

  1. pastparticiple ofbera

Welsh

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Welshbore, fromProto-Brythonic*bọreɣ, fromProto-Celtic*bāregos(“morning”). Cognate withBretonbeure andOld Irishbárach (whencei mbárach(“tomorrow”), modern Irishamáireach andamárach).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bore m (pluralboreau)

  1. morning

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Mutation

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Mutated forms ofbore
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
boreforemoreunchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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