1. people who make others feel tired and uninterested
Usage: plural
2. holes made by drilling or the hollow inside of a tube or gun barrel
Usage: plural

1. makes someone feel tired and uninterested by being dull or repetitive
Usage: third person singular present
2. makes a hole in something by drilling or digging
Usage: third person singular present

Examples

• He bores everyone with his long stories about work.
• The machine bores precise holes in metal sheets.
• Those two are such bores at parties.
• The rifle has a smooth bore.
• She bores through the wood with a power drill.
• The lecture bores most students to sleep.
• The tunnel bores deep into the mountain.