What does bore mean?
Word: Bore
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Bore means to make someone feel tired because something is dull. Bore also means to make a deep hole with a drill.
Synonyms: tire, weary
Antonyms: interest
Sounds like: boar (a wild pig)
How do you spell bore?
Syllables: bore
Tricky part: Bore sounds just like boar, the wild pig, so children mix the two up. The word for dull and drilling has no a.
Watch out for: bour, bhore, boare
Memory tip: The animal word boar has an a, as in animal; the dull word has none.
Bore in a sentence
Example 1: Long car trips bore my little sister.
Example 2: Grandpa says a cricket match could never bore him.
Example 3: I hope my story did not bore you.
Fun Fact
When a metro line is built under a city, huge machines called tunnel boring machines bore the tunnel through the earth.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
bore
a) annoy
b) drill
c) sleep
d) excite
Show answer
d) excite. To excite is to make someone keen and eager, the opposite of boring them.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) explore
b) ignore
c) bor
d) before
Show answer
c) bor. Without its last e, bor is not a word at all; explore, ignore and before are written right.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
borre
a) b
b) o
c) e
d) r
Show answer
d) r. The r in bore is written only once.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Long train rides bore my little brother, so he packs his favourite puzzel.
a) brother
b) bore
c) train
d) puzzel
Show answer
d) puzzel. Puzzle ends in le, as in little. Bore is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a film bores you, you feel:
a) confused
b) frightened
c) excited
d) uninterested
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d) uninterested
2. In which sentence does bore mean to make a hole?
a) The workers will bore through the wall for a pipe.
b) Waiting in queues can bore anyone.
c) Long speeches bore my grandfather.
d) Please do not bore us with that joke again.
Show answer
a) The workers will bore through the wall for a pipe.
