bore

See also borë

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /bO:(r)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: boar, boor

Etymology 1

From Old English borian (“to pierce”). Confer Danish bore, Norwegian bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forare (“to bore, to pierce”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; confer German drillen.

Boring a hole through a wooden plank with an auger.

Verb

bore (third-person singular simple present bores, present participle boring, simple past and past participle bored)

1. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
2. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody; to disinterest.

Antonyms

• interest

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:bore

Related terms

• (to make a hole): borer
• (to inspire boredom): bored, boredom, boring

Translations

to make a hole

Catalan: perforar, foradar Crimean Tatar: teşmek Dutch: boren (nl) Finnish: porata (fi) French: alésage (fr) m. German: bohren (de) Hungarian: fúr (hu), kifúr (hu), kiváj (hu) Icelandic: bora (is) Irish: toll (ga)

Italian: alesare (it) Norwegian: bore (no) Portuguese: cavar (pt) Romanian: a gaurii Russian: сверлить (ru) (sverlít’), буравить (ru) (burávit’) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бу́шити (sh), сврдлати (sh) Roman: búšiti (sh), svrdlati (sh) Spanish: perforar (es), horadar (es), agujerar (es)

to inspire boredom

Catalan: avorrir Chinese: Mandarin: 煩擾 (zh), 烦扰 (zh) (fánrǎo) Dutch: vervelen (nl) Finnish: tehdä tylsäksi, tylsistyttää French: ennuyer (fr) German: langweilen (de) Hebrew: לשעמם (le'sha'amem) Hindi: बोर करना (hi) (bor karnā) Hungarian: untat (hu) Italian: annoiare (it), tediare (it) Japanese: いらいらさせる (ja) (iraira-saseru)

Norwegian: kjede (no) Portuguese: chatear (pt), aborrecer (pt), entediar (pt) Romanian: a plictisi Russian: надоедать (ru) (nadojedát’) impf., надоесть (ru) (nadojést’) pf., наскучивать (ru) (naskúčivat') impf., наскучивать (ru) (naskúčit') pf. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: доса́дити (sh), досађи́вати (sh), додијати (sh) Roman: dosáditi (sh), dosađívati (sh), dodijati (sh) Spanish: aburrir (es) Swedish: tråka ut (sv)

Bore of a Krupp 38 cm gun at Batterie Vara / Mövik Fort, Norway.

Noun

bore (plural bores)

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, as in the bore of a cannon
2. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
3. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.

Translations

A hole drilled or milled through something

Bulgarian: , отвор (bg) m., дупка (bg) f., вътрешен диаметър (bg) German: Bohrung (de) f.

Manx: towl (gv) m. Russian: отверстие (ru) (otvérstije) n.

One who inspires boredom

Bulgarian: досаден човек (bg) Russian: зануда (ru) (zanúda) m. and f.

Serbian: дoсадњаковић (sr) (dosadnjaković) m.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:bore

Etymology 2

Noun

bore (plural bores)

1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.

Etymology 3

Verb

bore

1. Simple past of bear.

Anagrams

• Boer
• Ebro
• robe

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bārego- (“morning”) (compare Old Irish bárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amárach, Breton beure).

Noun

bore m.

1. morning

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Dutch

Verb

bore

1. singular present subjunctive of boren.

Anagrams

• boer, ober

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔʁ/

Noun

bore m. (usually uncountable)

1. boron

Anagrams

• orbe, robe, robé

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Norwegian

Verb

bore (present tense borer; past tense bora/boret; past participle bora/boret; present participle borende; imperative bor)

1. to bore (make a hole through something)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bārego- (“morning”) (compare Breton beure, Old Irish bárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amárach).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbɔrɛ]

Noun

bore m. (plural boreau) 

1. morning

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bore	fore	more	unchanged

Derived terms

• bore da — good morning