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bore

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a person who evokes boredom(noun.person)

Synonym:
dullard

source: wordnet30
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)(noun.event)

Synonym:
aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore

source: wordnet30
diameter of a tube or gun barrel(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
caliber, calibre, gauge

source: wordnet30
a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bore-hole, drill hole

source: wordnet30
A hole made by boring; a perforation.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

cause to be bored(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
tire
Antonym:
interest

source: wordnet30
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool(verb.contact)

Synonym:
drill

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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).(verb)

source: webster1913

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