To inspire boredom in somebody.
to bore someone to death
To make a hole through something.
I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
simple past of bear
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
the bore of a cannon
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A surname.
From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, ...
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A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.