ABORE | • abore v. Simple past tense of abear. • ABEAR v. to bear; to behave. |
BORE | • bore v. (Transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody. • bore v. (Transitive) To make a hole through something. • bore v. (Intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the… |
CHOKEBORE | • chokebore n. In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear… • chokebore n. A shotgun that is made with such a bore. • chokebore v. (Transitive) To provide (a gun) with a chokebore. |
COUNTERBORE | • counterbore n. A cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface. • counterbore n. The tool with which a counterbore is machined. • counterbore v. (Transitive) To create such a cylindrical recess. |
DRAWBORE | • drawbore n. (Joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are… • drawbore v. To make a drawbore in. • drawbore v. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it. |
FORBORE | • forbore v. Simple past tense of forbear. • FORBEAR v. to refrain from. |
HELLEBORE | • hellebore n. Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed… • hellebore n. A toxic extract of certain false hellebores (Veratrum album or Veratrum viride), formerly used as a pesticide. • HELLEBORE n. any of various early-flowering plants constituting the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family. |
OVERBORE | • overbore adj. (Firearms) Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel. • overbore v. (Firearms, transitive) To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than… • overbore v. Simple past tense and past participle of overbear. |
REBORE | • rebore v. (Transitive) To bore through an existing hole, generally to correct its shape. • rebore n. (Automotive) The process of modifying the bore of an engine. • rebore v. (Transitive, rare) simple past tense and past participle of rebear, generally used in the context of Christianity. |
SMOOTHBORE | • smoothbore adj. (Firearms) having a bore with a smooth interior, ie. one that has not been rifled. • smoothbore n. (Firearms) a cannon, gun or other firearm that has an unrifled barrel. • SMOOTHBORE adj. having a bore of perfectly smooth surface, not rifled. |
UNBORE | • unbore v. (Transitive) To relieve from boredom. • UNBEAR v. to free from the pressure of a rein. |
UNDERBORE | • underbore v. Simple past tense of underbear. • UNDERBEAR v. (obsolete) to support; to endure. |
UPBORE | • upbore v. Simple past tense and past participle of upbear. • UPBEAR v. to raise aloft. |
YBORE | • ybore v. (Obsolete) past participle of bear: bore, born. • BEAR v. to endure. |