bore

bore
1 the past tense of bear 1 2 verb
1 (T) to make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much about something they are not interested in: I'm sorry I spoke for so long - I hope I didn't bore you. | bore sb with: My father's always boring us with his stories about the war. | bore sb to death/tears (=make them very bored)
2 (I, T) to make a deep round hole in a hard surface
(+ through/into): To build the tunnel they had to bore through solid rock.
3 (intransitive + into) if someone's eyes bore into you, they look at you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
3 noun
1 (C) someone who is boring, especially because they talk too much about themselves: He was something of a bore - going on about his charity work all evening. | soccer/photography etc bore (=someone who talks too much about photography etc)
2 (singular) something that you have to do but do not want to do: Doing housework is a real bore.
3 12-bore/small bore etc the measurement of the size of the inside of a gun barrel 1 (3)
4 a borehole

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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