Bore vs. Dia

Boreverb

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.

Boreverb

(transitive) To make a hole through something.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

Boreverb

(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

Boreverb

(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

Boreverb

(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Boreverb

(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

Boreverb

(obsolete) To fool; to trick.

Borenoun

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

Borenoun

The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

Borenoun

A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

Borenoun

A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.

Borenoun

One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.

Borenoun

Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.

Borenoun

Calibre; importance.

Borenoun

A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.

Boreverb

To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

Boreverb

To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.

Boreverb

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

Boreverb

To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

Boreverb

To befool; to trick.

Boreverb

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).

Boreverb

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.

Boreverb

To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

Boreverb

To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; - said of a horse.

Borenoun

A hole made by boring; a perforation.

Borenoun

The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.

Borenoun

The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

Borenoun

A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.

Borenoun

Caliber; importance.

Borenoun

A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

Borenoun

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.

Bore

imp. of 1st & 2d Bear.

Borenoun

a person who evokes boredom

Borenoun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Borenoun

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Borenoun

a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

Boreverb

cause to be bored

Boreverb

make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;

Boreverb

make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging

Boreverb

hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube)

Boreverb

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

Boreverb

cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour

Borenoun

the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.

Borenoun

the diameter of a bore; the calibre

Borenoun

a gun of a specified bore

Borenoun

short for borehole

Borenoun

a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting

Borenoun

a tedious or annoying situation or activity

Borenoun

a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary.

Dianoun

an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weappons acquisition