Definition of bores

"bores" 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

"bores" in the verb sense

1. bore, tire

cause to be bored

2. bore, drill

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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Quotations for bores

O, he's as tedious
As is a tired horse, a railing wife;
Worse than a smoky house; I had rather live
With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far,
Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me,
In any summer-house in Christendom. [ William Shakespeare ]

Formed of two mighty tribes, the bores and bored. [ Byron ]

Society is now one polished horde
Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. [ Byron ]

All kinds are good except the kind that bores you. [ Voltaire ]

Got the ill name of augurs because they were bores. [ Lowell ]

A tedious person is one a man would leap a steeple from. [ Ben Jonson ]

He says a thousand pleasant things - But never says Adieu. [ J. G. Saxe ]

My own business always bores me to death, I prefer other people's. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

Those wanting wit, affect gravity and go by the name of solid men. [ Dryden ]

The secret of making one's self tiresome is not to know when to stop. [ Voltaire ]

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

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

We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. [ Rochefoucauld ]

There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. [ Bovee ]

There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people. [ M. de Bonald ]

Bores are not to be got rid of except by rough means. They are to be scraped off like scales from a fish. [ Bovee ]

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 ]

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. [ L'Estrange ]

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

The symptoms of compassion and benevolence in some people are like those minute-guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

He will steal himself into a man's favor and for a week escape a great deal of discoveries; but when you find him out, you have him ever after. [ William Shakespeare ]

Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue. [ Chesterfield ]

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 ]

bores in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bores:

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bores in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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

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Words containing the sequence bores

Words with bores in them (3 words)

Words that end with bores (6 words)

Word Growth involving bores

Shorter words in bores

or ore bore

re ore bore

or ore ores

re ore ores

Longer words containing bores

arborescence arborescences

borescope borescopes

boresight boresights

boresome boresomely

boresome boresomeness

chokebores

counterbores

rebores

wellbores

woodbores