bore
/bɔː(r)/verb
उच्चारण बॉर
ऊबाना, बोर करना
Core word
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[T] ~ sb (with sth)
to make somebody feel tired and lose interest by talking too much or by being dull
ऊबाना, बोर करना
- I won't bore you with the details.
- His long speeches bore everyone.
- Stop talking about cricket; you'll bore them all!
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- The long lecture bored the children.
- Don't bore me with every detail of your day.
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[I/T] ~ (sth) (into/through sth)
to make a long deep hole with a tool or by digging
छेद करना, (गहरा) सुराख करना
- They bored a well to find water.
- The machine can bore through solid rock.
- Workers bored a tunnel through the mountain.
+ 2 more examples
- The beetle bored into the wood of the old table.
- The farmer bored a hole in the rock for the pipe.
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[I] ~ into sb
(of eyes) to stare at somebody in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable
(आँखों से) घूरना
- His eyes seemed to bore into her.
- The teacher's gaze seemed to bore into the nervous student.
- The tiger's eyes seemed to bore through the darkness.
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- His stare bored into her as she walked in.
- She felt the interviewer's eyes bore into her.
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[C]
a person who is very boring, especially because they talk too much
उबाऊ व्यक्ति
- He's such a bore at parties.
- The man next to me on the train was a terrible bore.
- She is a bore who talks about nothing but herself.
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- Nobody wanted to sit next to the office bore.
- Don't be a bore; let others talk too.
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[sing.]
a situation or thing that is boring or that annoys you
उबाऊ या झंझट वाला काम
- Filling in these forms is a real bore.
- Waiting in a long queue is a bore.
- It's a bore to wait for the bus every morning.
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- What a bore this rainy Sunday is!
- Doing the laundry is such a bore.
Synonyms nuisance
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[C]
the hollow inside of a tube such as a gun barrel, or its width
(नली या बंदूक की) नली का भीतरी भाग, बोर
- a twelve-bore shotgun
- The bore of the pipe was too narrow for the water to flow.
- The bore of the tube was too small for the cable.
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- A rifle with a smaller bore fires thinner bullets.
- They measured the bore of the engine cylinder.
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[C]
a deep hole made in the ground to find water or oil
बोरवेल, नलकूप
- The village gets its water from a bore.
- The village dug a bore to reach underground water.
- The farmer dug a new bore near his house.
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- The bore ran dry in summer, so the village bought water.
- Oil was struck when engineers sank a bore.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
bore + person
As a transitive verb, bore means to make someone lose interest because something is dull; the object is a person.
Transitive verb के रूप में 'bore' का अर्थ किसी को नीरसता से ऊबा देना है; इसका object व्यक्ति होता है।
- The long speech bored the audience.
- Politics bores Radhika.
be bored with / by / of sth
The passive 'bored' describes how a person feels; 'with' is the most common preposition, and 'of' is also heard.
Passive 'bored' व्यक्ति की भावना बताता है; 'with' सबसे आम preposition है और 'of' भी सुना जाता है।
- He was bored with the same routine.
- The children got bored by the long journey.
bore (a person) / a bore (noun)
As a countable noun, a bore is a dull, tiresome person or a tedious duty or event.
Countable noun के रूप में 'a bore' नीरस, थकाऊ व्यक्ति या उबाऊ काम या आयोजन है।
- Nobody sat near him because he was a bore.
- Filling in forms is such a bore.
bore a hole (through / into)
Another verb sense is to make a deep hole with a drill; the past tense is bored, which is different from bore as the past of 'bear'.
दूसरा अर्थ drill से गहरा छेद बनाना है; इसका past tense bored है, जो 'bear' के past 'bore' से अलग है।
- Workers bored a tunnel through the hill.
- The engineers bored into the rock to test it.
bore (past of bear)
'Bore' is also the past tense of bear: to carry, to tolerate or to give birth to.
'Bore', 'bear' का past tense भी है: ढोना, सहन करना या जन्म देना।
- She bore the pain bravely.
- The tree bore plenty of mangoes last year.
+Collocations 4
adverb + bore
thoroughlyutterlyratherfranklyeasily
- The lecture utterly bored the first-year students.
bore + object
bore a holebore a tunnelbore the audiencebore a child to tears
- The machine can bore a hole through solid steel.
adjective + bore
terriblerealcrashingcompletetiresome
- He is a real bore at parties.
bore + noun
bore witnessbore a grudgebore a resemblancebore the cost
- The two brothers bore a strong resemblance to their father.
“More examples 5
- The history lesson bored half the class to sleep.
इतिहास का पाठ आधी कक्षा को ऊबाकर सुला गया।
- Radhika is never bored when she has a book.
जब राधिका के पास किताब होती है तो वह कभी ऊबती नहीं।
- Waiting at the railway station was a bore.
रेलवे स्टेशन पर इंतज़ार करना बहुत उबाऊ था।
- The government bored a deep well in the village.
सरकार ने गाँव में एक गहरा कुआँ खोदा।
- The bridge bore the weight of the heavy lorries.
पुल ने भारी ट्रकों का भार सहन किया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I am boring with this serial.
✓ I am bored with this serial.
Use -ed for the person who feels it and -ing for the thing that causes it.
भावना महसूस करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए -ed और कारण बनने वाली चीज़ के लिए -ing लगता है।
✗ The film was very bored.
✓ The film was very boring.
A thing that makes people feel bored is boring, not bored.
जो चीज़ लोगों को ऊबाती है वह boring है, bored नहीं।
✗ She is bored from the same work.
✓ She is bored with the same work.
Bored takes with, by or of, but not 'from'.
'Bored' के साथ with, by या of आता है, 'from' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe losing interest, but differ in whether the cause is a thing, a person or a feeling.
ये शब्द रुचि खो देने को बताते हैं, पर कारण वस्तु, व्यक्ति या भावना होने में अंतर है।
To make someone feel tired of something because it is dull.
किसी चीज़ की नीरसता से किसी को थका देना।
- Long meetings bore everyone.
To make someone physically or mentally weary.
किसी को शारीरिक या मानसिक रूप से थकाना।
- The climb tired the young trekkers.
Tired out, especially after long effort or worry; more literary.
लंबे प्रयास या चिंता के बाद पूरी तरह थका हुआ; अधिक साहित्यिक।
- The weary farmer returned home at dusk.
¶Idioms 1
bore sb to death/tears
to make somebody extremely bored
किसी को बुरी तरह ऊबा देना
- The film bored me to death.
§Grammar and usage
Bore is also the past tense of the verb bear, as in 'She bore the pain bravely'.
Grammar: bore, verb bear का past tense भी है, जैसे 'She bore the pain bravely'।