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Meaning of bored

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bored

Pronunciation:/bɔːd//bɔːɹd/

verb

Definitions

  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.

    Example: An insect bores into a tree.

  4. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

    Example: to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole

adjective

Definitions

  1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do

  2. Uninterested, without attention

    Example: The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem

  3. Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)