VERB | emotion | bore, tire | cause to be bored |
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contact | bore, drill | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | |
NOUN | person | bore, dullard | a person who evokes boredom |
event | bore, tidal bore, eagre, aegir, eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | |
attribute | bore, gauge, caliber, calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel | |
artifact | bore, bore-hole, drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill |
Sounds | bao'r | |
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Rhymes | abhor ... Zocor: 121 rhymes with aor... |
Meaning | A person who evokes boredom. | |
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Synonym | dullard | |
Narrower | gasbag, windbag | A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics |
nudnik, nudnick | (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | |
platitudinarian | A bore who makes excessive use of platitudes | |
stuffed shirt | A bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned | |
Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
Spanish | pelma, pelmazo, pesado | |
Catalan | corcó, pesat, plepa | |
Verbs | bore | cause to be bored |
Meaning | A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary). | |
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Synonyms | tidal bore, eagre, aegir, eager | |
Broader | tidal flow, tidal current | The water current caused by the tides |
Spanish | aegir, eagre, macareo | |
Catalan | aegir, mascaret |
Meaning | diameter of a tube or gun barrel. | |
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Synonyms | gauge, caliber, calibre | |
Broader | diameter, diam | The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference |
Spanish | calibre, diámetro, medida estándar | |
Catalan | calibre | |
Verbs | bore | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool |
Meaning | A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes. | |
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Synonyms | bore-hole, drill hole | |
Category | mining, excavation | The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
Narrower | shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
Broader | excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating |
Spanish | barreno, taladro | |
Verbs | bore | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool |
Meaning | Cause to be bored. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to bore Sue | |
Synonym | tire | |
Opposite | interest | excite the curiosity of |
Spanish | aburrir, aguantar, cansar, fatigar, hastiar | |
Catalan | afartar, aguantar, avorrir, cansar, fastiguejar, fatigar | |
Nouns | bore | a person who evokes boredom |
Meaning | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | drill | |
Narrower | counter-drill | Drill in an opposite direction |
spud | Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum | |
trepan | cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery | |
Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
Spanish | aguantar, agujerear, barrenar, cansar, horadar, perforar, taladrar | |
Catalan | aguantar, barrinar, cansar, foradar, perforar, trepar | |
Nouns | bore | a hole or passage made by a drill |
bore | diameter of a tube or gun barrel | |
borer | any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood | |
borer | a drill for penetrating rock / rock |
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