BORE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bore in English boreverb uk /bɔːr/ us /bɔːr/

bore verb (FAIL TO INTEREST)

Add to word list Add to word list [ T ] to talk or act in a way that makes someone lose interest: "Am I boring you?" she asked anxiously.  bore someone silly to make someone feel very bored: We were all bored silly by the play. See more

• I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.
• I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
• He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.
• He grew bored of the countryside.
• The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
• Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring.
• UK This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
• Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
• This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening.
• Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.

Bore and bored

• banal
• banally
• be (stuck) in a groove idiom
• bend
• blah
• boil
• bore the ass off someone idiom
• groove
• itchy
• languid
• languidly
• listless
• listlessly
• pall
• rut
• tire of something/someone phrasal verb
• tired
• uncompelling
• underemployed
• underwhelm

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bore verb (MAKE A HOLE)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to make a hole in something using a tool: He used a drill to bore a hole in the wall.bore through The workmen bored through the rock. Digging

• borer
• break ground idiom
• burrow
• dig
• dig (yourself) in phrasal verb
• dig someone/something out phrasal verb
• drill
• excavate
• excavator
• fork
• fossick
• furrow
• grub something up/out phrasal verb
• plough
• plough something back/in phrasal verb
• redrill
• root
• sink
• steam shovel
• unearth

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Making holes in things

bore verb (BEAR)

past simple of bear Tolerating and enduring

• bear with someone phrasal verb
• bearable
• bearably
• bide
• come to terms with something idiom
• resign
• resign yourself to something phrasal verb
• resignedly
• ride something out phrasal verb
• rough
• sit
• sit something out phrasal verb
• struggle
• sweat it out idiom
• tolerance
• tough
• tough something out phrasal verb
• wait
• wait something out phrasal verb
• weather the storm idiom

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Having and owning - general words Obstetrics: birth Transferring and transporting objects Changing direction Announcing, informing & stating

Phrasal verb

bore into someone borenoun uk /bɔːr/ us /bɔːr/

bore noun (NOT INTERESTING)

[ C ] disapproving someone who talks too much about boring subjects: I had to sit next to Michael at dinner - he's such a bore. a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting

• boreHe just goes on and on - what a bore.
• crashing boreTheir candidate is a crashing bore and won't garner any attention.
• snoozeThe stories in the magazine are all a snooze, but the photos are fab.
• snoozefestThe game was a total snoozefest.
• a yawnEven though it's a classic, I thought the book was a bit of a yawn.
• a wet weekendUK You're about as fun as a wet weekend.

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• buzzkill
• Colonel Blimp
• crashing bore
• dinosaur
• drip
• fogey
• fun sponge
• grind
• has-been
• killjoy
• Luddite
• normcore
• saddo
• spod
• spoilsport
• square
• stick-in-the-mud
• stuffed shirt
• white bread
• yawn

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bore noun (ANNOYING)

[ S ] informal an activity or situation that is annoying or unpleasant: Ironing is such a bore. [ + -ing verb ] It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night. [ + to infinitive ] It's such a bore to have to write this out all over again. Synonyms annoyance bother (ANNOYING) UK inconvenience irritant (MAKING ANGRY) nuisance a pain (in the neck) informal someone or something that annoys you

• annoyanceThe café was cash only, which was a minor annoyance as I only had my credit card with me.
• nuisanceIt's a nuisance to have to drive to the nearest shop.
• inconvenienceThank you for holding - we apologize for the inconvenience.
• irritationThe CEO's poor communication skills became a source of irritation to the company's investors.
• irritantThe noise of the building work is a constant irritant.
• boreIt's such a bore to have to pack everything up again.

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• a pain (in the neck) idiom
• a pain in the arse/backside idiom
• aggravation
• aggro
• awkward
• bother
• bulky
• fuss
• hassle
• have fun and games idiom
• imposition
• incommode
• more trouble than it's worth idiom
• nuisance
• palaver
• pinprick
• tempest
• untimely
• untoward
• untowardly

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bore noun (HOLE)

[ C ]   engineering   specialized (US usually gauge) the space inside a pipe or tube, or the diameter (= measurement across the widest part) of this space: a narrow bore a bore of 16 millimetres Geometry: properties of circles & curves

• amplitude
• arched
• circularity
• circumferential
• concavity
• concentric
• concentrically
• conic
• curvy
• domed
• eccentric
• girth
• globular
• incisura
• lenticular
• lentiform
• osculate
• parabolic
• rounded
• spiral

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bore noun (WAVE)

[ C ] a very large wave that runs from the sea up a narrow river at particular times of year: the Severn Bore Waves

• break
• breaker
• broke
• choppy
• comber
• crest
• dumper
• heavy
• lap
• overfall
• roller
• roughness
• spume
• tidal wave
• tsunami
• wake
• wave
• white horses
• whitecaps

See more results » -boresuffix mainly UK uk / -bɔːr/ us / -bɔːr/ (US usually -gauge) used in adjectives to express the width of the space inside a cylinder, especially the inside of a gun barrel (= part shaped like a tube): a twelve-bore shotgun Parts of guns

• banana clip
• barrel
• bump stock
• business end
• butt
• clip
• gauge
• hammer
• holster
• muffler
• muzzle
• plier
• ramrod
• safety catch
• scope
• sight
• silencer
• spotting scope
• trigger
• turret

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bore | American Dictionary

boreverb us /bɔr, boʊr/

bore verb (FAIL TO INTEREST)

Add to word list Add to word list [ T ] to make someone lose interest: Am I boring you?

bore verb (MAKE A HOLE)

[ I/T ] to make a hole in something using a tool: [ I ] Workmen bored through the rock.

Idiom

bored to death boreus /bɔr, boʊr/

bore (BEAR)

past simple of bear borenoun [ C ] us /bɔr, boʊr/

bore noun [C] (SOMETHING NOT INTERESTING)

someone or something that is not interesting: All he talks about is money – he’s such a bore. (Definition of bore from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of bore, -bore?

Translations of bore

in Chinese (Traditional) 未能引起興趣, 使厭煩, 使討厭… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 未能引起兴趣, 使厌烦, 使讨厌… See more in Spanish aburrir, pasado simple de "bear", rollo… See more in Portuguese entediar, passado de "bear", pessoa chata… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Arabic in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian “bear” の過去形, ～を退屈させる, うんざりさせる… See more sıkmak, canını sıkmak, usandırmak… See more ennuyer, importun [masculine], raseur [masculine]… See more passat de “bear”, avorrir, pesat… See more boren, kaliber, vervelen… See more bore, kaliber, kede… See more borra, kaliber, tråka ut… See more menggerek, luabang laras, membosankan… See more bohren, der Kaliber, langweilen… See more kjede, kjedelig person [masculine], kjedelig gjøremål [neuter]… See more свердлити, діаметр, калібр… See more надоесть, наскучить, сверлить… See more bear الفِعل الماضي مِن, يَضْجَر, حالة صَعْبة… See more provrtat, (pro)razit, kalibr… See more melubangi, kaliber, membuat bosan… See more เจาะ, ขนาดของลำกล้องปืน, ทำให้เบื่อหน่าย… See more khoan, đào, nòng súng… See more nudzić, wiercić, nudzia-rz/ra… See more “bear”의 과거형, 지루하게 만들다, 지루한 상황… See more passato semplice di “bear”, annoiare, noioso… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of bore

• bear
• crashing bore
• bore, at gauge
• bear down on someone/something phrasal verb
• bear down phrasal verb
• bear out something/someone phrasal verb
• bear up phrasal verb

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• bear down on someone/something phrasal verb
• bear down phrasal verb
• bear out something/someone phrasal verb
• bear up phrasal verb
• bear with someone/something phrasal verb
• bear in on/upon phrasal verb
• bear on something phrasal verb

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• bored to death idiom
• bore someone silly phrase
• bore the ass off someone idiom
• beat, bore, scare, etc. the pants off someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejabbers out of sb, at scare the bejabbers out of someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejesus out of sb, at scare the bejesus out of someone idiom

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• English   
  • Verb 
    • bore (FAIL TO INTEREST)
    • bore someone silly
    • bore (MAKE A HOLE)
    • bore (BEAR)
  • Noun 
    • bore (NOT INTERESTING)
    • bore (ANNOYING)
    • bore (HOLE)
    • bore (WAVE)
  Suffix
• American   
  • Verb 
    • bore (FAIL TO INTEREST)
    • bore (MAKE A HOLE)
  • Noun 
    • bore (SOMETHING NOT INTERESTING)

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