BORE

n. hole; diameter, caliber; cylindrical hollow (gun barrel, etc.); surge of water

v. drill a hole; advance, progress; cause boredom, make weary

v. give birth

v. endure; carry; support; suffer; produce; give birth

Bore may refer to:Bore (wind instruments), the hole down the middle of a wind instrumentBore (engines), the drilled diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine.Tidal bore, a wave in a river caused by an incoming tideBore Steamship Company, a Finnish shipping companyBore, Italy, a city in the province of Parma in Italy.Bore (woreda), a district in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia; andBore, Ethiopia, a town in the woreda of Bore.Bore, the Dark One's prison in the Wheel of Time books.
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Noun
1. a person who evokes boredom
(synonym) dullard
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) fuddy-duddy, stuffed shirt
(derivation) tire
2. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
(synonym) tidal bore, eagre, aegir, eager
(hypernym) tidal flow, tidal current
3. diameter of a tube or gun barrel
(synonym) gauge, caliber, calibre
(hypernym) diameter, diam
(derivation) drill
4. a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
(synonym) bore-hole, drill hole
(hypernym) excavation, hole in the ground
(hyponym) shot hole
(derivation) drill
(classification) mining, excavation
Verb
1. cause to be bored
(synonym) tire
(antonym) interest
(derivation) dullard
2. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"
(synonym) drill
(hypernym) cut
(hyponym) spud
(derivation) gauge, caliber, calibre

Noun
1. massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
(hypernym) carnivore
(hyponym) brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos
(member-holonym) Ursidae, family Ursidae
2. an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
(antonym) bull
(hypernym) investor
Verb
1. have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
(hypernym) have, feature
(hyponym) carry
2. give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
(synonym) give birth, deliver, birth, have
(hypernym) produce, bring forth
(hyponym) twin
(entail) conceive
(verb-group) have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect
3. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(verb-group) suffer
4. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
(hypernym) transport, carry
(hyponym) frogmarch
(entail) move, displace
(derivation) carrier, bearer, toter
5. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
(synonym) turn out
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) spin off
(see-also) corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
(synonym) take over, accept, assume
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) face the music, carry-the can
7. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
(synonym) hold, carry, contain
(hypernym) include
(hyponym) retain
(verb-group) contain, take, hold
8. bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
(synonym) yield, pay
(hypernym) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
(hyponym) net, clear
(classification) investment, investment funds
9. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
(synonym) wear
(hypernym) have, feature
10. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
(synonym) behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
(hypernym) hold, carry
(hyponym) fluster
(verb-group) hold, carry
(derivation) bearing, comportment, presence, mien
11. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"
(synonym) hold
(hypernym) have, have got, hold
(derivation) holder, bearer
12. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
(synonym) hold, carry
(hyponym) stoop
(verb-group) behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
(derivation) carriage, bearing, posture
13. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
(synonym) have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect
(hypernym) give birth, deliver, birth, have
(entail) conceive
(verb-group) give birth, deliver, birth, have

n. boron, chemical element

(imp.)
of Bear
  

(n.)
A hole made by boring; a perforation.
  

(n.)
A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.
  

(n.)
A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.
  

(n.)
A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.
  

(n.)
Caliber; importance.
  

(n.)
Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.
  

(n.)
The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
  

(n.)
The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.
  

(v. i.)
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.
  

(v. i.)
To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).
  

(v. i.)
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  

(v. i.)
To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.
  

(v. t.)
To befool; to trick.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
  

imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.