bore

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.

1. To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

   Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.

2. To support, sustain, or endure.
3. To support, keep up, or maintain.
4. To press or impinge upon.
5. To produce, yield, give birth to.
6. (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

   By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.

7. To gain or win.