bore

a person who evokes boredom

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

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

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

A hole made by boring; a perforation.

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.

cause to be bored

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

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.

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).