Definition of bore

"bore" in the noun sense

1. bore, dullard

a person who evokes boredom

2. tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager

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

3. bore, gauge, caliber, calibre

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

4. bore, bore-hole, drill hole

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

"bore" in the verb sense

1. bear

have

"bear a resemblance"

"bear a signature"

2. give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have

cause to be born

"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"

"My wife had twins yesterday!"

3. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

"I cannot bear his constant criticism"

"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"

"he learned to tolerate the heat"

"She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

4. bear

move while holding up or supporting

"Bear gifts"

"bear a heavy load"

"bear news"

"bearing orders"

5. bear, turn out

bring forth

"The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"

"The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

6. bear, take over, accept, assume

take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

"I'll accept the charges"

"She agreed to bear the responsibility"

7. hold, bear, carry, contain

contain or hold have within

"The jar carries wine"

"The canteen holds fresh water"

"This can contains water"

8. yield, pay, bear

bring in

"interest-bearing accounts"

"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

9. wear, bear

have on one's person

"He wore a red ribbon"

"bear a scar"

10. behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry

behave in a certain manner

"She carried herself well"

"he bore himself with dignity"

"They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

11. bear, hold

have rightfully of rights, titles, and offices

"She bears the title of Duchess"

"He held the governorship for almost a decade"

12. hold, carry, bear

support or hold in a certain manner

"She holds her head high"

"He carried himself upright"

13. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

be pregnant with

"She is bearing his child"

"The are expecting another child in January"

"I am carrying his child"

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Quotations for bore

They bore him barefaced on the bier;
And in his grave rained many a tear. [ William Shakespeare ]

Light-leaved acacias, by the door,
Stood up in balmy air.
Clusters of blossomed moonlight bore.
And breathed a perfume rare. [ George MacDonald ]

Mother, a maiden is a tender thing,
And best by her that bore her understood. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

He bore a simple wild-flower wreath:
Narcissus, and the sweet brier rose;
Vervain, and flexile thyme, that breathe
Rich fragrance; modest heath, that glows
With purple bells; the amaranth bright.
That no decay, nor fading knows.
Like true love's holiest, rarest light;
And every purest flower, that blows,
In that sweet time, which Love most blesses,
When spring on summer's confines presses. [ Thomas Love Peacock ]

It is greatly wise to talk with our past hours,
And ask them what report they bore to heaven. [ Young ]

There is no mother like the mother that bore us. [ Yriarte ]

The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations. [ Hood ]

Description is always a bore, both to the describer and the describee. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]

We may forgive those who bore us, we cannot forgive those whom we bore. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

To be in society is merely a bore, but to be out of it simply a tragedy. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

And chiefly for the weaker by the wall, You bore that lamp of sane benevolence. [ Meredith ]

The smaller the calibre of mind, the greater the bore of a perpetually open mouth. [ O. W. Holmes ]

Wicked women bother one, good women bore one. That is the only difference between them. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune. [ Southey ]

The bore is the same eating dates under the cedars of Lebanon as over a plate of baked beans in Beacon Street. [ O. W. Holmes ]

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrational bipeds who hurt only themselves. [ Maria Edgeworth ]

One should never take sides in anything - taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly after, and the human being becomes a bore. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is, and what shifts we make to escape thinking. There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds. [ Lowell ]

Much that is published as a novel is only anonymous biography. Many a man who is a bore in conversation may have qualities which give indescribable charms to narrative; and the egotist, if he only have the art to conceal his identity, can then hold the reader by the powerful grasp of sympathy. [ R. S. Mackenzie ]

It is to be hoped that, with all the modern improvements, a mode will be discovered of getting rid of bores: for it is too bad that a poor wretch can be punished for stealing your pocket handkerchief or gloves, and that no punishment can be inflicted on those who steal your time, and with it your temper and patience, as well as the bright thoughts that might have entered into your mind (like the Irishman who lost the fortune before he had got it), but were frightened away by the bore. [ Byron ]

bore in Scrabble®

The word bore is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bore:

BORE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word bore

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bore in Words With Friends™

The word bore is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bore:

BORE
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Word Growth involving bore

Shorter words in bore

or ore

re ore

Longer words containing bore

abore labored belabored

abore labored laboredly

abore labored laboredness

abore labored nonlabored

abore labored outlabored

abore labored overlabored

abore labored unlabored

abore laborer laborers nonlaborers

abore laborer laborers underlaborers

abore laborer nonlaborer nonlaborers

abore laborer underlaborer underlaborers

arboreous

arboreta

arboretum arboretums

boreal arboreal arboreally

bored arbored harbored

bored boredom

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bored labored belabored

bored labored laboredly

bored labored laboredness

bored labored nonlabored

bored labored outlabored

bored labored overlabored

bored labored unlabored

bored neighbored

bored rebored

boreen boreens

borehole boreholes

borer borers counterborers

borer borers laborers nonlaborers

borer borers laborers underlaborers

borer borers woodborers

borer counterborer counterborers

borer laborer laborers nonlaborers

borer laborer laborers underlaborers

borer laborer nonlaborer nonlaborers

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bores arborescence arborescences

bores borescope borescopes

bores boresight boresights

bores boresome boresomely

bores boresome boresomeness

bores chokebores

bores counterbores

bores rebores

bores wellbores

bores woodbores

chokebore chokebores

counterbore counterbored

counterbore counterborer counterborers

counterbore counterbores

jamboree jamborees

overbore

rebore rebored

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wellbore wellbores

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