bores

/bɔːz/ · noun

Meaning

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting
To inspire boredom in somebody.
To make a hole through something.
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

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