Definitions for Bore

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Bore bore

Spelling: [bawr, bohr]

IPA: /bɔr, boʊr/

Bore is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in Bore (beor).

Definitions for Bore

noun

1. a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
2. a cause of ennui or petty annoyance:
3. a hole made or enlarged by boring.
4. the inside diameter of a hole, tube, or hollow cylindrical object or device, such as a bushing or bearing, engine cylinder, or barrel of a gun.
5. an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
6. any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
7. any of various animals resembling the bear, as the ant bear.
8. a gruff, burly, clumsy, bad-mannered, or rude person.
9. a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will decline (opposed to bull).
10. Informal. a person who shows great ability, enthusiasm, stamina, etc.:
11. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Ursa Major or Ursa Minor.
12. Informal. a player at cards who rarely bluffs.
13. (initial capital letter) Russia.

verb

1. simple past tense of bear1 .

Idioms

1. bring to bear, to concentrate on with a specific purpose:
2. loaded for bear, Informal. fully prepared and eager to initiate or deal with a fight, confrontation, or trouble:

adjective

1. having to do with or marked by declining prices, as of stocks:

Verb phrases

1. bear down, to press or weigh down. to strive harder; intensify one's efforts: Nautical. to approach from windward, as a ship:
2. bear down on/upon, to press or weigh down on. to strive toward. to approach something rapidly. Nautical. to approach (another vessel) from windward:
3. bear off, Nautical. to keep (a boat) from touching or rubbing against a dock, another boat, etc. Nautical. to steer away. Backgammon. to remove the stones from the board after they are all home.
4. bear on/upon, to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to:
5. bear out, to substantiate; confirm:
6. bear up, to endure; face hardship bravely:
7. bear with, to be patient or forbearing with:

verb (used with object)

1. to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.:
2. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
3. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
4. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material:
5. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
6. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually followed by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
7. to hold up; support:
8. to hold or remain firm under (a load):
9. to bring forth (young); give birth to:
10. to produce by natural growth:
11. to hold up under; be capable of:
12. to press or push against:
13. to hold or carry (oneself, one's body, one's head, etc.):
14. to conduct (oneself):
15. to suffer; endure; undergo:
16. to sustain without yielding or suffering injury; tolerate (usually used in negative constructions, unless qualified):
17. to be fit for or worthy of:
18. to carry; bring:
19. to carry in the mind or heart:
20. to transmit or spread (gossip, tales, etc.).
21. to render; afford; give:
22. to lead; guide; take:
23. to have and be entitled to:
24. to exhibit; show:
25. to accept or have, as an obligation:
26. to stand in (a relation or ratio); have or show correlatively:
27. to possess, as a quality or characteristic; have in or on:
28. to have and use; exercise:
29. Stock Exchange. to force prices down in (a market, stock, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
2. Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
3. (of a substance) to admit of being bored:
4. to tend in a course or direction; move; go:
5. to be located or situated:
6. to bring forth young or fruit:

Origin of Bore

First recorded in 1760-70; of uncertain origin

Examples for Bore

They bought La Pietra, where she bore a son, Harold, the following year.

The son walked alongside the fire rig that bore the flag-covered coffin.

He had but a short time to wait before the train left, and bore him away.

But she bore trouble in her own bosom, and could find no peace in this chosen land.

In 2010, Jake Holmes sued over “Dazed and Confused,” claiming it bore a strong resemblance to his own song of the same name.

Then he took Emilia in his arms and bore her to the door, Hope preceding.

The eventual deal, approved by Law 840 in June 2013, bore little resemblance to the original.

He bore still around him the rope that was to save the rest.

I bore it very well for a while, for at first it only amused me.

In the end he was left with a disappointing product that bore little of his creative fingerprint.