Bore
verb
To make someone feel uninterested.
I hope I'm not boring you with my stories.
Often appears as...
- bore someone to death
- bore someone with
verb
To drill a hole.
They are bored a hole through the wall.
Often appears as...
- bore a hole
- bore through
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Technical
noun
A person who talks too much, especially in a way that is dull and uninteresting.
He's such a bore, always going on about the same stuff.
Often appears as...
- such a bore
- absolute bore
noun
The inside part of a gun barrel where the bullet travels.
Check the bore for any dirt or obstructions before loading the gun.
Often appears as...
- gun bore
- clear the bore
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Technical
noun
A sudden, fast movement of water in a narrow place.
Surfers attempted to ride the tidal bore.
Often appears as...
- tidal bore
- river bore
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make someone feel uninterested.
I hope I'm not boring you with my stories.
Often appears as...
- bore someone to death
- bore someone with
verb
To drill a hole.
They are bored a hole through the wall.
Often appears as...
- bore a hole
- bore through
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who talks too much, especially in a way that is dull and uninteresting.
He's such a bore, always going on about the same stuff.
Often appears as...
- such a bore
- absolute bore
noun
The inside part of a gun barrel where the bullet travels.
Check the bore for any dirt or obstructions before loading the gun.
Often appears as...
- gun bore
- clear the bore
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A sudden, fast movement of water in a narrow place.
Surfers attempted to ride the tidal bore.
Often appears as...
- tidal bore
- river bore
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Subject Reaction
Use 'bore' to describe causing disinterest in listeners, often making them want to leave or do something else.
His lecture bored the audience, and some left early.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Exaggerated
'Bore to death' is an exaggerated phrase not meant to be taken literally, but to emphasize great boredom.
Her endless talking could bore me to death.
Pro Tip 1/2Subject Reaction
Use 'bore' to describe causing disinterest in listeners, often making them want to leave or do something else.
His lecture bored the audience, and some left early.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Exaggerated
'Bore to death' is an exaggerated phrase not meant to be taken literally, but to emphasize great boredom.
Her endless talking could bore me to death.
Pro Tip 1/2Subject Reaction
Use 'bore' to describe causing disinterest in listeners, often making them want to leave or do something else.
His lecture bored the audience, and some left early.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Exaggerated
'Bore to death' is an exaggerated phrase not meant to be taken literally, but to emphasize great boredom.
Her endless talking could bore me to death.
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The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
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Open Wide! A Capuchin...
raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my dad yes sir it's rubbish here who wants to learn about rock pools anyway they are well boring fine let's go then i can't take the constant crabbiness these are our future
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How To Time Travel PIPE...
shortcut through the billions of light-years separating the farthest ends of the universe it begs the question of how anything could bore a hole through space the wormhole is basically like a tunnel through space itself that can connect one region to another region potentially very far away so to
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If superpowers were...
For that matter, you can't see it either. I mean, what if you have an illness or an infection? How can the doctor diagnose you without being able to see the color change or inflammation? And what if everyone is permanently invisible? Well, think about how boring the world would be
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How to read music - Tim...
tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring, so we'll replace some quarter notes with different rhythms.
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How sugar affects the...
and more importantly, we need to want to keep eating new foods. And that's why the dopamine levels off when a food becomes boring. Now, back to that meal. What happens if in place of the healthy, balanced dish, you eat sugar-rich food instead?
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
on a call center job? Very quickly, they get bored, and they start innovating, and they start telling the boss how to do this job better, and out of this process innovation comes product innovations, which are then marketed around the world.
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How I made the ultimate...
it was more like two weeks of coding there two weeks of electronics two weeks or 3d modeling and while I truly struggle I never once was bored after all I am bringing making my imaginary world real I haven't quite decided what
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The wacky history of...
And all cells come from preexisting cells. To be honest, this all sounds incredibly boring until you dig a little deeper into how the world of microscopic organisms, and this theory came to be.
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Tycho Brahe, the...
How do you imagine the life of a scientist? Boring and monotonous, spending endless hours in the lab with no social interaction?
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
Video examples
Open Wide! A Capuchin...
raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my dad yes sir it's rubbish here who wants to learn about rock pools anyway they are well boring fine let's go then i can't take the constant crabbiness these are our future
Video examples
How To Time Travel PIPE...
shortcut through the billions of light-years separating the farthest ends of the universe it begs the question of how anything could bore a hole through space the wormhole is basically like a tunnel through space itself that can connect one region to another region potentially very far away so to
Video examples
If superpowers were...
For that matter, you can't see it either. I mean, what if you have an illness or an infection? How can the doctor diagnose you without being able to see the color change or inflammation? And what if everyone is permanently invisible? Well, think about how boring the world would be
Video examples
How to read music - Tim...
tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring, so we'll replace some quarter notes with different rhythms.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
and more importantly, we need to want to keep eating new foods. And that's why the dopamine levels off when a food becomes boring. Now, back to that meal. What happens if in place of the healthy, balanced dish, you eat sugar-rich food instead?
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
on a call center job? Very quickly, they get bored, and they start innovating, and they start telling the boss how to do this job better, and out of this process innovation comes product innovations, which are then marketed around the world.
Video examples
How I made the ultimate...
it was more like two weeks of coding there two weeks of electronics two weeks or 3d modeling and while I truly struggle I never once was bored after all I am bringing making my imaginary world real I haven't quite decided what
Video examples
The wacky history of...
And all cells come from preexisting cells. To be honest, this all sounds incredibly boring until you dig a little deeper into how the world of microscopic organisms, and this theory came to be.
Video examples
Tycho Brahe, the...
How do you imagine the life of a scientist? Boring and monotonous, spending endless hours in the lab with no social interaction?
Example 1 of 10
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
I like policy. It's why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government - you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that's important to me.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
I like policy. It's why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government - you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that's important to me.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.
Quote examples
Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
Quote examples
Alicia Keys
American Musician
We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring.
Example 1 of 10
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