2 past simple of bear
4 an activity or situation that is annoying or unpleasant:
Ironing is such a bore.
[ + -ing verb ] It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.
[ + to infinitive ] It's such a bore to have to write this out all over again.
5 the space inside a pipe or tube, or the diameter (= measurement across the widest part) of this space:
a narrow bore
a bore of 16 millimetres
6 a very large wave that runs from the sea up a narrow river at particular times of year:
the Severn Bore
7 used in adjectives to express the width of the space inside a cylinder, especially the inside of a gun barrel (= part shaped like a tube):
a twelve-bore shotgun
8 to make someone lose interest:
Am I boring you?
10 past simple of bear
11 someone or something that is not interesting:
I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.
I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.
He grew bored of the countryside.
The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring.
UK This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
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