American English
/bɔɹz/
One syllable.
Related entry: bore
to make someone feel tired and uninterested because something is not interesting
Practice out loudto make someone feel tired and uninterested because something is not interesting
The long meeting bored everyone.
She bored us with stories about her old job.
Use bore for what causes the feeling: “The class bored me.” Use be bored for the person's feeling: “I was bored.”
bore an audience · bore someone with details
bore + someone
bore + someone + with + something
to make a deep, round hole in something with a drill or another tool
Workers bored a tunnel through the mountain.
The machine bored a hole in the metal.
bore a hole · bore a tunnel · bore through rock
bore + a hole + in + something
bore + through + something
a person who is not interesting and makes other people lose interest
Nobody wanted to sit next to the bore at dinner.
He talks about the same subject all night—a real bore.
a real bore · a terrible bore
the width of the space inside a tube, pipe, or gun barrel
The mechanic measured the engine bore.
This rifle has a larger bore than the old one.
bore diameter · engine bore · cylinder bore
the bore of + something
to make someone extremely uninterested
That speech bored me to death.
a person who is somewhat boring
He is a bit of a bore at parties.
The -ing form is boring: drop the final e. Do not write boreing.