Definisi 'bore'

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noun

1. a person who evokes boredom

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2. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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3. diameter of a tube or gun barrel

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4. a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

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5. A hole made by boring; a perforation.

source: webster1913

6. A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien- tang, in China.

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verb

7. cause to be bored

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8. make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

don't drill here, there's a gas pipe|drill a hole into the wall|drill for oil|carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall

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9. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

source: webster1913

10. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

source: webster1913