What is "bore"

Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]9

1. ] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

   I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
   --Shak.

2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.

   Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood.
   --T. W. Harris.

3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I bored.''
   --Gay.

4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

   He bores me with some trick.
   --Shak.

   Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
   --Carlyle.

5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]

   I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems.
   --Beau. & Fl.

Bore \Bore\ (b[=o]r), n.

1. A hole made by boring; a perforation.

2. The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.

   The bores of wind instruments.
   --Bacon.

   Love's counselor should fill the bores of hearing.
   --Shak.

3. The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

4. A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.

5. Caliber; importance. [Obs.]

   Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.
   --Shak.

6. A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

   It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.
   --Hawthorne.

Bore \Bore\, v. i.

1. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

2. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.

3. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

   They take their flight . . . boring to the west.
   --Dryden.

4. (Man.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.
   --Crabb.

Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Bore (b[=o]r) (formerly Bare (b[^a]r)); p. p. Born (b[^o]rn), Borne (b[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. Bearing.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb["a]ren, Goth. ba['i]ran to bear or carry, Icel. bera, Sw. b["a]ra, Dan. b[ae]re, OHG. beran, peran, L. ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr. fe`rein, OSlav. brati to take, carry, OIr. berim I bear, Skr. bh[.r] to bear. [root]92. Cf. Fertile.]

1. To support or sustain; to hold up.

2. To support and remove or carry; to convey.

   I 'll bear your logs the while.
   --Shak.

3. To conduct; to bring; -- said of persons. [Obs.]

   Bear them to my house.
   --Shak.

4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

   Every man should bear rule in his own house.
   --Esther i. 22.

5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor
   --Dryden.

   The ancient grudge I bear him.
   --Shak.

8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer.

   Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
   --Pope.

   I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear.
   --Shelley.

   My punishment is greater than I can bear.
   --Gen. iv. 13.

9. To gain or win. [Obs.]

   Some think to bear it by speaking a great word.
   --Bacon.

   She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge.
   --Latimer.

10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

    He shall bear their iniquities.
    --Is. liii.

11. Somewhat that will bear your charges.
    --Dryden.

    11. To render or give; to bring forward. ``Your testimony bear''
    --Dryden.

12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. ``The credit of bearing a part in the conversation.''
    --Locke.

13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.

    In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear.
    --Swift.

14. To manage, wield, or direct. ``Thus must thou thy body bear.''
    --Shak. Hence: To behave; to conduct.

    Hath he borne himself penitently in prison?
    --Shak.

15. To afford; to be to; to supply with.

    His faithful dog shall bear him company.
    --Pope.

16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore. --Dryden. Note: In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. To bear down.

    1. To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. ``His nose, . . . large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance.''
       --Marryat.

    2. To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy. To bear a hand.

       1. To help; to give assistance.

       2. (Naut.) To make haste; to be quick. To bear in hand, to keep (one) up in expectation, usually by promises never to be realized; to amuse by false pretenses; to delude. [Obs.] ``How you were borne in hand, how crossed.'' --Shak. To bear in mind, to remember. To bear off.

          1. To restrain; to keep from approach.

          2. (Naut.) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat.

    3. To gain; to carry off, as a prize.

    4. (Backgammon) To remove from the backgammon board into the home when the position of the piece and the dice provide the proper opportunity; -- the goal of the game is to bear off all of one's men before the opponent. To bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. [Obs.] ``C[ae]sar doth bear me hard.'' --Shak. To bear out.

       1. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. ``Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing.''
          --South.

       2. To corroborate; to confirm.

          To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. ``Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings.''
          --Addison.

          Syn: To uphold; sustain; maintain; support; undergo; suffer; endure; tolerate; carry; convey; transport; waft.

Bore \Bore\, imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.

Bore \Bore\, n. [Icel. b[=a]ra wave: cf. G. empor upwards, OHG. bor height, burren to lift, perh. allied to AS. beran, E. 1st bear. [root]92.] (Physical Geog.)

1. A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.

2. Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.

past tense of bear (v.).

thing which causes ennui or annoyance, 1778; of persons by 1812; from bore (v.1).\nThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything. [Voltaire, "Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme," 1738]

Old English borian "to bore through, perforate," from bor "auger," from Proto-Germanic *buron (cognates: Old Norse bora, Swedish borra, Old High German boron, Middle Dutch boren, German bohren), from PIE root *bher- (2) "to cut with a sharp point, pierce, bore" (cognates: Greek pharao "I plow," Latin forare "to bore, pierce," Old Church Slavonic barjo "to strike, fight," Albanian brime "hole").\n

\nThe meaning "diameter of a tube" is first recorded 1570s; hence figurative slang full bore (1936) "at maximum speed," from notion of unchoked carburetor on an engine. Sense of "be tiresome or dull" first attested 1768, a vogue word c.1780-81 according to Grose (1785); possibly a figurative extension of "to move forward slowly and persistently," as a boring tool does.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A hole drilled or milled through something. 2 The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired. 3 A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring. 4 A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists. 5 One who inspires boredom or lack of interest. 6 Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair. 7 Calibre; importance. vb. 1 (senseid en to inspire boredom)(context transitive English) To inspire boredom in somebody. 2 (senseid en to make a hole)(context transitive English) To make a hole through something. 3 (context intransitive English) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool. 4 (context transitive English) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus. 5 (context transitive English) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. 6 (context intransitive English) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns. 7 (context intransitive English) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort. 8 (context of a horse English) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air. 9 (context obsolete English) To fool; to trick. Etymology 2

n. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre. Etymology 3

vb. (en-simple pastbear)

1. n. massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

2. an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price [ant: bull]

3. [also: borne, born, bore]

1. n. a person who evokes boredom [syn: dullard]

2. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal bore, eagre, aegir, eager]

3. diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: gauge, caliber, calibre]

4. a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes [syn: bore-hole, drill hole]

1. v. cause to be bored [syn: tire] [ant: interest]

2. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil" [syn: drill]

See bear

1. v. have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"

2. give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, birth, have]

3. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]

4. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

5. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" [syn: turn out]

6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: take over, accept, assume]

7. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, carry, contain]

8. bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay]

9. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" [syn: wear]

10. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry]

11. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade" [syn: hold]

12. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry]

13. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, carry, gestate, expect]

14. [also: borne, born, bore]

Bore or Bores may refer to:

In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and brass) is its interior chamber. This defines a flow path through which air travels, which is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instrument's timbre.

Bore, is a term used in describing a part of a piston engine. Also known as 'cylinder bore' it also represents the size, in terms of diameter, of the cylinder in which a piston travels. The value of a cylinders bore, and stroke, is used to establish the displacement of an engine.

The term "bore" can also be applied to the bore of a locomotive cylinder or steam engine pistons.

Bore is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Guji Zone, Bore is bordered on the south by Ana Sora, on the west by the Uraga, and on the north and east by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region. The largest town in Bore is Bore.

Bore or Boré is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Bore (born 1946), British nuclear physicist and politician
• Etienne de Boré (1741–1820), first mayor of New Orleans
• Eugène Boré (1809–1878), Roman Catholic missionary and linguist
• Michael Bore (born 1947), English former cricketer
• Peter Bore (born 1987), English footballer
• Thor Bjarne Bore (born 1938), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician