Meaning of Bore | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
2. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
3. A surname.
4. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
5. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
6. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
7. The place where such a well exists.
8. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
9. Something dull or uninteresting.
10. Calibre; importance.

Equivalents

Examples

“the bore of a cannon”

“the bores of wind-instruments”

“My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.”

“What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.”

“It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.”

“Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.”

“In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.”

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