bore

Definitions

• (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
• (transitive) To make a hole through something.
• (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
• (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
• (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
• (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
• (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
• (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
• (obsolete) To fool; to trick.