bore

Noun
  1. A person who evokes boredom (synset 109886843)
    is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
    subtypes:
    • gasbag, windbag - a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
    • nudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
    • platitudinarian - a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
    • stuffed shirt - a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
    same as: dullard
  2. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) (synset 107418520)
    is a type of: tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides
    same as: aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore
  3. Diameter of a tube or gun barrel (synset 105110583)
    is a type of: diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
    same as: caliber, calibre, gauge
  4. A hole or passage made by a drill;
    Usually made for exploratory purposes (synset 102878475)
    referred to in: excavation, mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
    is a type of: excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating
    subtypes: shot hole - drill hole for a charge of an explosive
    same as: bore-hole, drill hole
Verb
  1. Cause to be bored (synset 201825834)
    same as: tire
  2. Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool (synset 201445640)
    "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
    is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    subtypes:
    • spud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
    • counter-drill - drill in an opposite direction
    • trepan - cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
    same as: drill

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