Pronunciation

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Plain form
bore

Third-person singular
bores

Past tense
bored

Past participle
bored

Present participle
boring

 
A machine boring a tunnel
  1. (transitive) If you bore somebody, you make them feel that they want to do something else because it is not interesting.
    I hate tennis; it bores me.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you bore a hole, you make a round hole by turning something round and round.
    You need to bore a hole in the wood to put the wire through.

Singular
bore

Plural
bores

  1. (countable) A bore is the hole that was drilled through something.

Infinitive
bear

Third person singular
bears

Simple past
bore

Past participle
born or borne

Present participle
bearing

  1. The past tense of bear.