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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
bore
/bɔː/
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
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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)