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1. Meaning 1 · verb

   To inspire boredom in somebody.

2. Meaning 2 · verb

   To make a hole through something.

3. Meaning 3 · verb

   To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

   “An insect bores into a tree.”

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

   “to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

   “to bore one's way through a crowd”

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

   “This timber does not bore well.”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To fool; to trick.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A pit or hole which has been bored.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    Any organism that bores into a hard surface

13. Meaning 13 · adjective

    Causing boredom; unable to engage or hold the interest.

    “What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.”

14. Meaning 14 · adjective

    Used, or designed to be used, to drill holes.

    “boring equipment”

15. Meaning 15 · adjective

    Capable of penetrating; piercing.

How this word is used

• General “An insect bores into a tree.”
• General “to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”
• General “to bore one's way through a crowd”
• General “This timber does not bore well.”
• Everyday “What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.”
• General “boring equipment”

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