Meaning

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

  "the bore of a cannon"

• The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

• A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

• A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.

• One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

• Something dull or uninteresting

• Calibre; importance.

Meaning

• 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"

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

  "This timber does not bore well."

• To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

• (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.

• To fool; to trick.