bores

We have found lemma(root) word of bores : bore.

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[bɔː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging
(e.g: bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through)

- (of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way


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Origin:
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren


[bɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube



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Origin:
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren


[bɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting
(e.g: he can be a crashing bore)


Phrases:
- bore someone to tears

Origin:
mid 18th century (as a verb): of unknown origin


[bɔː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour
(e.g: she is too polite to bore us with anecdotes)


Phrases:
- bore someone to tears

Origin:
mid 18th century (as a verb): of unknown origin


[bɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary
(e.g: a barrage could kill off the Severn bore, the wave that runs in from the Bristol Channel during certain tides)


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Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse bára ‘wave’; the term was used in the general sense ‘billow, wave’ in Middle English


[bɔː], (Verb)

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