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2 definitions found 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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