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Uncommonbored
The correct spelling is bored.
How to pronounce bored
verb
IPA: /bɔːd/
Say it like: Bor-ed
The correct spelling is bored. To inspire boredom in somebody. For example: "An insect bores into a tree."
Usage Examples
“An insect bores into a tree.”
“to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”
“to bore one's way through a crowd”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To inspire boredom in somebody.
- 2.To make a hole through something.
- 3.To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- 4.To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- 5.To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
adjective
- 1.Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do
- 2.Uninterested, without attention
- 3.Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)
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