1. Be dull and cause to lose interest
   "the long presentation bored her";
   - tire
    
2. Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
   "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall";
   - drill

1. A person who evokes boredom
   "The bore droned on about his stamp collection";
   - dullard, meatball [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. (mining) a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
   "The geologists examined rock samples from the bore-hole";
   - bore-hole, drill hole
    
3. Diameter of a tube or gun barrel
   "The bore of the pipe was too small to allow adequate water flow";
   - gauge, caliber [US], calibre [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
   "Surfers gathered to ride the famous tidal bore on the River Severn";
   - tidal bore, eagre [UK, dialect], aegir [non-standard], eager [UK, dialect]

1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "I cannot bear his constant criticism";
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
    
2. Move while holding up or supporting
   "Bear gifts"; "bearing orders"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"
    
3. Cause to be born
   "My wife bore twins yesterday!";
   - give birth, deliver, birth, have
    
4. Bring forth
   "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers";
   - turn out
    
5. Have as a feature; convey
   "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
    
6. Be pregnant with
   "She is bearing his child";
   - have a bun in the oven [informal], carry, gestate, expect
    
7. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
   "bear a grudge";
   - harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn], hold, entertain, nurse
    
8. Have or maintain something within or upon
   "The canteen bears fresh water";
   - hold, carry, contain
    
9. Have on one's person
   "bear a scar";
   - wear
    
10. Support or hold in a certain manner
    "She bears her head high";
    - hold, carry
     
11. (investment) bring in
    "interest-bearing accounts";
    - yield, pay
     
12. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
    "She agreed to bear the responsibility";
    - take over, accept, assume
     
13. Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
    "She bears the title of Duchess";
    - hold
     
14. Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
    "She bears herself with dignity";
    - act, behave, do, acquit, deport, conduct, comport, carry
     
15. Move, proceed or be located in a specified direction
    "bear left at the next junction"

Sounds like: boar, boor, Bohr, Boer

Derived forms: boring, bored, bores

See also: corroborate

Type of: act, allow, arouse, bring forth, bring in, carry, clear, countenance, create, diam, diameter, disagreeable person, disunite, divide, earn, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, excavation, experience, feature, feel, gain, have, have got, hold, hold up, include, kindle, let, make, move, part, permit, produce, provoke, pull in [informal], raise, realise [Brit], realize, separate, support, sustain, take, take in, tidal current, tidal flow, transport, unpleasant person

Antonym: interest

Encyclopedia: Bore, Mali