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bore
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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bore1
/ bôr/
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v.
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[tr.]
make (a hole) in something, esp. with a revolving tool:
they bored holes in the sides.
∎ [tr.]
hollow out (a tube or tunnel):
try to bore the tunnel at the correct angle.
∎ [intr.] (bore into) fig.
(of a person's eyes) stare harshly at:
your terrible blue eyes bore into me.
2.
[intr.]
make one's way through (a crowd).
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n.
the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
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[often in comb.]
the diameter of this; the caliber:
a small-bore rifle.
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[in comb.]
a gun of a specified bore:
he shot a guard in the leg with a twelve-bore.
bore2
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n.
a person whose talk or behavior is dull and uninteresting:
a crashing bore who tells the same old jokes over and over.
∎ [in sing.]
a tedious situation or thing:
it's such a bore cooking when one's alone.
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v. [tr.]
make (someone) feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness:
rather than bore you with all the details, I'll hit some of the bright spots.
PHRASES:
bore someone to death
(or to tears)
weary (a person) in the extreme.
bore3
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n.
a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary.
bore4
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past of bear1 .
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Directional bore speeds installation, reduces disruption.
Magazine article from: Public Works; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Gas and Electric Company. Directional Bore Selected The contractor's method of...00 p.m. The gas main directional bore was completed in January 1996. The contractor started by excavating the bore pit, which was 21 ft wide by 9 ft long...
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Superabrasive bore finishing.
Magazine article from: Tooling & Production; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and finish blind bores or outside diameters...pass superabrasive bore finishing process...to finish semiblind bores with a clearance restriction...possible to achieve bore geometry to better...through the workpiece bore. For ceramic applications...finishing of valve bores has led to ...
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Bore finishing machine increases uptime.(Case In Point)
Magazine article from: Production Machining; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...These superabrasive bore-finishing tools are capable of achieving bore geometries to within...blind and semi-blind bores. The spec requirements...Ensuring Zero-Defect Bores Read about a shop that makes certain every bore meets specs for customers...
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Buffalo bore ammunition.(Taffin tests: the sixgunner himself: guns, gear and more)
Magazine article from: American Handgunner; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...go. I was about 35 yards away. I was using Buffalo Bore's (Buffalo Bore for a buffalo seemed totally appropriate to me...was over before the sun even warmed us up. Buffalo Bore's .480 load had performed perfectly, as I took...
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Mastering Your Bore Measurements
Magazine article from: Manufacturing Engineering; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Bore Gaging is a wide and varied field in precision...poor technique and improper mastering. Most bore gages have one thing in common. They need...Like other internal gages, the anvils of bore gages face away from each other; consequently...
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Caltrans to study fifth Caldecott bore.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...political sinew behind a fourth bore for the Caldecott Tunnel last...inaction, why stop at a fourth bore? Why not a fifth? It's a...relief. A new pair of two-lane bores, flanking the existing tunnel...two-, three- or four-lane bore, and possibly a separate bore...
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One, two, three, Bore?; It's the biggest job in local government, but can the leader of Birmingham City Council survive yet another attempt to oust him? Chief Reporter Paul Dale asks whether Albert Bore, the Great Survivor, will cling on again.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/11/2001; 700+ words
; The best that can be said about Albert Bore's grip on power is that, all things...hanging on in there. Next month, Coun Bore faces the third challenge to his coveted...5 ought to be a nail-biting affair. Bore, a former nuclear physics lecturer at...
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The Spectacular Undular Bore in Iowa on 2 October 2007
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the structure of the bore. (ProQuest...associated with atmospheric bores has not been widely...even since these bores became well documented...associated with an undular bore approaching Norman...initiation of atmospheric bores (e.g., Simpson...likely initiated the bore upon ...
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Big Bore Or Long Stroke: Which Is Better?
Magazine article from: National Dragster; 9/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...than a short-stroke/big-bore combination on several counts. Big bores promote better breathing...performance because the larger bores improve airflow. A big-bore engine delivers more bang for the buck. Big bores aren't just f
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Intimidating rock bores: 4 bores through granite beat the odds.
Magazine article from: Underground Construction; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...required to complete the four bores. McCowien said Reynolds...surface. Depths of the bores ranged from 25 to 40 feet...the first and longest bore contained metamorphic...to complete the pilot bore. It then was upsized...in 21 hours. All four bores were completed on line...
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bore
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
bore 1 / bôr / • v. 1. [ tr. ] make...tr. ] hollow out (a tube or tunnel): try to bore the tunnel at the correct angle. ∎ [ intr. ] ( bore into ) fig. (of a person's eyes) stare harshly...
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tidal bore
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tid·al bore • n. a large wave caused by the funneling of a flood tide as it enters a long, narrow, shallow inlet.
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twelve-bore
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
twelve-bore n. Brit. twelve-gauge .
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bear
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x259;)r / • v. ( past bore / bôr / ; past part. borne...conduct oneself in a particular manner: she bore herself with dignity. 2. support: walls...endure (an ordeal or difficulty): she bore the pain stoically. ∎ ...
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Temperature, Measurement of
Book article from: Mathematics
...scale. The passageway through the tube is called a bore. At the bottom of the bore is a bulb that contains the liquid. The thermometer...the liquid is warmed, it expands and moves up the bore, but when the liquid cools, it contracts and moves...
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