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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

bore

/bɔː/

An illustration for bore

verb1 of 2

to make someone not interested in something

  • “As a kid, I was never bored in the holidays.”Tatoeba
  • “You could see from his face that he was bored.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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