Meaning

12 senses

  1. A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.

    the bore of a cannon

    Bohrung

    отве́рстиеotvérstije, скважинаskvažina

    отвірotvir

  2. (Australia)A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.

  3. The diameter of such a hole.

    diameter of a tube or gun barrel

  4. The diameter of such a hole.

    (especially)The diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or compressor.

    The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.

  5. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

    каналkanal, калибрkalibr

  6. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

  7. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

  8. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

    The place where such a well exists.

  9. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

    My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.

    Langweiler

    зану́даzanúda

    a person who evokes boredom

  10. Something dull or uninteresting.

    What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.

  11. Calibre; importance.

  12. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

    Gezeitenwelle

Examples

1141 sentences

  1. I hope you aren't getting bored.

    Сподіваюся, тобі не стає нудно. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, тебе не станет скучно. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, du langweilst dich nicht. — wannieh

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  2. I don't think Tom is bored.

    Не думаю, що Тому нудно. — deniko

    ruНе думаю, что Тому скучно. — marafon

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  3. I know that Tom is bored.

    Я знаю, що Тому нудно. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Тому скучно. — marafon

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  4. Tom and I are still bored.

    Нам із Томом все ще нудно. — deniko

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  5. Tom doesn't think Mary is bored.

    Том не думає, що Мері нудиться. — deniko

    ruТом не думает, что Мэри скучно. — marafon

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a hole drilled or milled through something:
Русский
By meaning 3
a hole drilled or milled through something:
the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired:
one who inspires boredom:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a hole drilled or milled through something:
one who inspires boredom:
sudden and rapid flow of tide:

Origin

From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.

From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (“that which bears or carries”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Icelandic bára (“billow, wave”), Faroese bára (“billow, wave”). Doublet of bier.

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Forms

plural: bores
Singularbore
Pluralbores

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
snoozeC1artesian boreartesian wellbanalitysnoozereagretidal bore
Close in meaning
  • a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes:bore-holedrill hole
  • diameter of a tube or gun barrel:gaugecalibercalibre
  • a person who evokes boredom:dullard
  • a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary):tidal boreeagreaegireager

Antonyms

1 antonyms
thrillsville

Word family

36 related words
RelatedboringA1tediumC1
Derivedartesian borebackborebore drawborefestborefieldboregasmboreholeboreismbore lakeborelessbore needleboreoutborescopeboresightbore sightboresightingboresomebore waterborewellchokeborecounterborecrashing borecross boredrawbore

Collocations

12 patterns
  • get bored
  • as bored as
  • looked bored
  • would be bored
  • will be bored
  • bored with his
  • was bored with
  • be as bored
  • a little bored
  • bored stiff
  • bored right now
  • bored to death

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
borderlineboredomB1borgboringA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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