Meaning

noun a person who evokes boredom

noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

noun diameter of a tube or gun barrel

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to…

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