[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bore.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / bore [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/B/) # bore «bore» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make someone feel tired and uninterested because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (bore, bores, bored, boring); noun (a bore, bores); verb form (bore — past of bear) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To make someone feel tired and uninterested because something is dull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m1) 2) A person or thing that is dull and tiresome, as in «He's such a bore». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m2) 3) (informal, UK) A nuisance, as in «What a bore, the bus is late». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m3) 4) To make a deep round hole with a drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m4) 5) The width of the inside of a pipe or gun barrel, or a hole drilled for water (a borehole). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m5) 6) The past tense of «bear», as in «she bore the pain» or «the tree bore fruit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m6) 7) A tidal bore: a big wave that rushes up some rivers, like the Severn Bore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m7) 8) To bore a child is to give birth to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#m8) ### sense in the lessons In everyday life «bored» and «boring» are very common: «I'm bored» means I have nothing interesting to do. In design and technology, to bore means to drill a hole. In geography, the Severn Bore in England is a famous tidal wave up a river. In stories, «bore» as the past of «bear» appears in phrases like «bore a child» or «bore the weight». ### examples - Long speeches bore me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x1) - Uncle Bill can be a bit of a bore at parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x2) - Workers bored a hole through the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x3) - Surfers ride the Severn Bore up the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x4) - She bore the pain bravely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x5) - The apple tree bore lots of fruit this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x6) - The farmers drink water from a deep bore. (Australia) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x7) - What a bore, we have to wait another hour! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x8) - ‘Little Bright-eyes, little Redskin, Come nurse the child you bore! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/#x9) ### note Trap 1: «I am bored» (how you feel) vs «It is boring» (what makes you feel that way). Trap 2: homophone «boar» (a wild pig) sounds the same as «bore». Trap 3: «bore» can be the past of «bear»: bear, bore, born/borne. Nouns: boredom, borehole. ### In the corpora - [Usually the facts are small and boring: a car, a van, an ambulance, a police car for twenty minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/12/) - [A boy in Ohio was bored at home and climbed onto the garage roof for fun; he slipped off and broke his arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/17/) - [Bored on a dark evening and egged on by older boys, he threw a firecracker at old Mrs Reid's door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/5/) - [Three weeks later, bored on a wet afternoon, Ruby did it again with Mum's tablet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/4/) - [I'm not playing.» With no race to win, Kieran gets bored of it within a week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «bore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.