BORE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of bore – Learner’s Dictionary

bore
verb
uk
/bɔːr/
us

bore verb (MAKE BORED)

to make someone feel bored:
His war stories really bore me.

bore verb (MAKE A HOLE)

to make a hole in something hard with a tool
bore
noun
uk
/bɔːr/
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
/bɔːr/
us
past tense of bear

(Definition of bore from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of bore

in Chinese (Traditional)
未能引起興趣, 使厭煩, 使討厭…
in Chinese (Simplified)
未能引起兴趣, 使厌烦, 使讨厌…
in Spanish
aburrir, pasado simple de "bear", rollo…
in Portuguese
entediar, passado de "bear", pessoa chata…
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“bear” の過去形, ~を退屈させる, うんざりさせる…
sıkmak, canını sıkmak, usandırmak…
ennuyer, importun [masculine], raseur [masculine]…
passat de “bear”, avorrir, pesat…
boren, kaliber, vervelen…
bore, kaliber, kede…
borra, kaliber, tråka ut…
menggerek, luabang laras, membosankan…
bohren, der Kaliber, langweilen…
kjede, kjedelig person [masculine], kjedelig gjøremål [neuter]…
свердлити, діаметр, калібр…
надоесть, наскучить, сверлить…
bear الفِعل الماضي مِن, يَضْجَر, حالة صَعْبة…
provrtat, (pro)razit, kalibr…
melubangi, kaliber, membuat bosan…
เจาะ, ขนาดของลำกล้องปืน, ทำให้เบื่อหน่าย…
khoan, đào, nòng súng…
nudzić, wiercić, nudzia-rz/ra…
“bear”의 과거형, 지루하게 만들다, 지루한 상황…
passato semplice di “bear”, annoiare, noioso…
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