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- DictionaryBore/bôr/
verb
- 1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool: "the drill can bore through rock"
- 2. make one's way through (a crowd).
noun
- 1. the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
- 2. short for borehole
How to use bore in a sentence. to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool; to make by boring or digging away material; to make a hole by or as if by boring… See the full definition
BORE definition: 1. to talk or act in a way that makes someone lose interest: 2. to make someone feel very bored…. Learn more.
to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material: to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3,000 feet deep. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
Definitions of bore. verb. make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool. “carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall”. synonyms: drill. see more. noun. a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes. synonyms: bore-hole, drill hole.
1. (Mechanical Engineering) to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool. 2. (Mechanical Engineering) to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine.
The bore is the cylinder wall of an engine. If you bore a hole in something, you make a deep round hole in it using a special tool. If you bore a cylinder in an engine, you increase the size of the cylinder bore to accept the piston, and so increase displacement.
The bore is the internal diameter of the cylinder of an engine or pump. The engine is a three-liter unit with an 83 x 90mm bore and stroke. The four-cylinder, four-stroke engine has a bore of 80 mm. The thin-wall cylinders were used to achieve the 2.8-liter displacement with a 92-mm bore.
Bore definition: To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.
past tense of bear. Definition of bore verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. uk / bɔː r/ us. bore noun (PERSON) someone who talks too much about things that are not interesting. bore noun (SITUATION) a situation or job that annoys you because it causes difficulties or is not interesting: It's a real bore not having a car. bore. uk / bɔː r/ us. past tense of bear.
