| VERB | emotion | bore, tire | cause to be bored |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abhor ... Zocor: 121 rhymes with aor... | |
| Meaning | A person who evokes boredom. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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