bore
verb/bɔː(r)/
/bɔːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bore | /bɔː(r)/ /bɔːr/ |
| he / she / it bores | /bɔːz/ /bɔːrz/ |
| past simple bored | /bɔːd/ /bɔːrd/ |
| past participle bored | /bɔːd/ /bɔːrd/ |
| -ing form boring | /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to make somebody feel bored, especially by talking too much
- bore somebody I'm not boring you, am I?
- bore somebody with something Has he been boring you with his stories about his trip?
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- I won't bore you with too many details.
- I'm very easily bored.
- That lecture bored me to tears!
- He was a restless child and easily bored.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- with
- bore somebody rigid
- bore somebody silly
- bore somebody stiff
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- [intransitive, transitive] to make a long deep hole with a tool or by digging
- bore into/through something The drill is strong enough to bore through solid rock.
- bore something (in/through something) to bore a hole in something
- [intransitive] bore into somebody/something (of eyes) to stare in a way that makes somebody feel uncomfortable
- I could feel his eyes boring into me.
- past tense of bear
Word Originverb senses 2 to 3 Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren. verb sense 1 mid 18th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin.
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