Bored

bored¹

[bôrd]

ADJECTIVE

1. feeling weary because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity:

   "she got bored with staring out of the window" ·

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   "they would hang around all day, bored stiff"

bored²

[bôrd]

ADJECTIVE

1. (of a gun) having a specified bore:

   "large-bored guns"

bore³

[bôr]

VERB

1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool:

   "they bored holes in the sides" ·

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   "the drill can bore through rock" · "his eyes bored into hers"

   synonyms: drill · pierce · perforate · puncture · punch · cut · tunnel ·

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   burrow · mine · dig · gouge · sink

   • hollow out (a tube or tunnel):
     "try to bore the tunnel at the correct angle"
   • hollow out (a gun barrel).
2. make one's way through (a crowd).

ORIGIN

Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren.

bore⁴

[bôr]

VERB

1. make (someone) feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness:

   "rather than bore you with all the details, I'll hit some of the bright spots"

   synonyms: stultify · pall on · stupefy · weary · tire · fatigue ·

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   send to sleep · leave cold · bore to death · bore to tears · turn off

ORIGIN

mid 18th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin.

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