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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bored}; p. pr & vb n.
{Boring}.] [OE. borien, AS borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan.
bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren L. forare, Gr ? to
plow, Zend bar. [root]91.]
1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an
auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round
hole in or through to pierce; as to bore a plank.
I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
--Shak.
2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or
apparatus; as to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel;
to bore a hole.
Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the
insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical
passage through the most solid wood. --T. W.
Harris.
3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as
to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and
difficult passage through ``What bustling crowds I
bored.'' --Gay.
4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
He bores me with some trick. --Shak.
Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
--Carlyle.
5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at scorned,
Baffled and bored, it seems --Beau. & Fl
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bored
adj 1: tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the
museum with a bored air" [syn: {world-weary}]
2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence;
"his blase indifference"; "a petulent blase air"; "the
bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: {blase}]
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