Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bore
IPA transcription: [b'ɔɹ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bore, tire
    Meaning: cause to be bored
  • Synonyms: bore, drill
    Meaning: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "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"
Usage examples
  • "A bore!"
  • You bore those things like a stoic.
  • She bore still the marks of her illness.
  • Alas! that I bore the bravest to my sorrow.'
  • Rubinstein bore great love for this second Ballade.
  • His face bore no signs of his mad night on the trail.
  • "This, too, just as though Paul never bore testimony."
  • The youth subordinated himself to the message he bore.
  • It bore a New Orleans heading, and a date three days before.
  • "The concert was stupid and the violinist was simply a bore.