BORED

/bɔːd/

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B(3) O(1) R(1) E(1) D(2)

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Definition

/bɔːd/

verb

To inspire boredom in somebody.
To make a hole through something.
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.”
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”
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”

adjective

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do
Uninterested, without attention
“The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem”
Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)