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bores

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/bɔːz/ English

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noun

  1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.“the bore of a cannon”
  2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  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.

verb

  1. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  2. To make a hole through something.
  3. To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.“An insect bores into a tree.”
  4. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.“to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”

noun

  1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

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