Bores

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

   the bore of a cannon

2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
3. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
4. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
5. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
6. Something dull or uninteresting
7. Calibre; importance.

1. To inspire boredom in somebody.
2. To make a hole through something.
3. To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

   An insect bores into a tree.

4. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

   to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole

5. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

   to bore one's way through a crowd

6. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

   This timber does not bore well.

7. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
8. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
9. To fool; to trick.

noun

A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.