bore

Definition

Examples

Long meetings with no clear agenda tend to bore everyone.

Word Family

Synonyms

• tirehoop that covers a wheel
• wearyexhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Collocations

• Easy bore the audience with talks
  to bore the audience with talks, meaning to cause to be bored
• Medium bore a hole through wood
  to bore a hole through wood, meaning to cause to be bored
• Hard deadly bore of repetitive tasks
  describing deadly bore of repetitive tasks (causing or capable of causing death)
• Very Hard bore someone stiff with minutiae
  to bore someone stiff with minutiae, meaning to cause to be bored