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Definition of Bore

Bore
Bore Bore, v. i. 1. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects). 2. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore. 3. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort. They take their flight . . . boring to the west. --Dryden.
Bore
Bore Bore, n. [Icel. b[=a]ra wave: cf. G. empor upwards, OHG. bor height, burren to lift, perh. allied to AS. beran, E. 1st bear. [root]92.] (Physical Geog.) (a) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. (b) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.
Bore
Bore Bore, imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.

Meaning of Bore from wikipedia

- Look up bore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bore or Bores often refer to: Boredom Drill Boring (manufacturing), a machining process that enlarges...
- The 8 bore (Commonwealth English), also known as the 8 gauge (American English), is an obsolete caliber used commonly in the 19th-century black-powder...
- cross-section Boring, a mechanism of bioerosion Boring, Maryland, U.S. Boring, Oregon, U.S. Boring Lava Field Boring, Tennessee, U.S. Boring (surname) "Boring" (The...
- Look up boreal or Boreal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boreal, northern, of the north. Derived from the name of the god of the north wind from Ancient...
- The .410 bore (10.4 mm) is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun s**** commonly available (along with the 9mm Flobert rimfire cartridge, and the less...
- A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water...
- The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in south western England. It is formed when the rising tide moves into the...
- Two instruments distinguished solely by bore In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and br****) is its interior chamber. This defines...
- commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) and other necessary...
- Two bore or 2 bore is an obsolete firearm caliber. Two bore firearms generally fire spherical balls or slugs made of hardened lead, or in the case of...