bore
cause to be bored
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,247 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,645 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- cause to be bored also: tire
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool also: drill don't drill here, there's a gas pipedrill a hole into the wall
noun
- a person who evokes boredom also: dullard
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) also: tidal bore, eagre, aegir, eager
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel also: gauge, caliber, calibre
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes also: bore-hole, drill hole
bore in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It's a bore, but perhaps it will pay.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Rough hands seized me and angry men bore me away, and I was thankful.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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John watched him, frowning, because Fluff was a good little chap, and yet, at times, such a bore!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Mme. Favoral alone, usually so timid, boldly defended, and with her utmost energy, the man whose name she bore.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He bore her to a farm-house old, And up its stairway long, And closed on her the garret-door With iron bolted strong.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1