He bore the future of the company on his shoulders.
Source: tatoeba (22409)
Bore
/bɔː(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "bore" (288 found)
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Closest matches (58)
Noun(17 words)
acupunctuationacupunctureaggravationannoyanceaugerbad newsbe tediousbedevilmentbillowbindbitebore stiffbore to deathbore to distractionbore to tearsboringbotherbotherationbothersomenessbreach
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Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (86)
Related words (144)
lancingleave unsatisfiedliftloplourlowerminemolestationneedlenuisancepainpain in the neckpallpeakpeerpenetratepenetrationperforateperforationpersecution
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pestpiercepiercingpillpinkpoppleprickprickingproblemproserpunchpunchingpuncturepuncturingquarryradiusreamream outriddlerifflerippleriserollrollerrough waterrun throughsapsatiatescendscoopscoop outscrabblescrapescratchseasemidiametersendsend to sleepshovelsinkskewerskeweringspadespearspikespitstabstaresticksurfsurgeswelltapterebrationtidal boretidal wavetide wavetiretransfixtransfixationtransfixiontransforationtranspiercetrenchtrepantrepanningtrephinetrephiningtrialtroubletroughtsunamitunnelturntwaddlerundulationvexationvexatiousnesswater wavewavewaveletwear outwearywet blanketwhite horseswhitecapsworrimentworry
Noun(23 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
More specific
5 entriesCollocations
11 entriesbore diameterbore holebore sizeboreholeboring lecturedull presentationmachine boremonotonous lectureprecision boretedious lessontiresome talk
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shpo verb (to make a hole)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τετραίνω verb (to make a hole)
- τρυπάω verb (to make a hole)
Arabic
1 entries- ثقب verb (to make a hole)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дупча verb (to make a hole)
- пробивам verb (to make a hole)
Catalan
3 entries- barrinar verb (to make a hole)
- foradar verb (to make a hole)
- perforar verb (to make a hole)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- teşmek verb (to make a hole)
Czech
2 entries- vrtat verb (to make a hole)
- vyvrtat verb (to make a hole)
Danish
1 entries- bore verb (to make a hole)
Dutch
1 entries- boren verb (to make a hole)
Esperanto
1 entries- bori verb (to make a hole)
Faroese
1 entries- bora verb (to make a hole)
Finnish
1 entries- porata verb (to make a hole)
French
1 entries- percer verb (to make a hole)
Galician
4 entries- aburacar verb (to make a hole)
- buratar verb (to make a hole)
- esburacar verb (to make a hole)
- furar verb (to make a hole)
German
1 entries- bohren verb (to make a hole)
Hungarian
3 entries- fúr verb (to make a hole)
- kifúr verb (to make a hole)
- kiváj verb (to make a hole)
Icelandic
1 entries- bora verb (to make a hole)
Ingrian
1 entries- purata verb (to make a hole)
Irish
1 entries- toll verb (to make a hole)
Italian
2 entries- alesare verb (to make a hole)
- scavare verb (to make a hole)
Latin
1 entries- terebrō verb (to make a hole)
Macedonian
1 entries- ду́пчи verb (to make a hole)
Māori
3 entries- ore verb (to make a hole)
- oreore verb (to make a hole)
- poka verb (to make a hole)
Norwegian
1 entries- bore verb (to make a hole)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بورغولامق verb (to make a hole)
Persian
1 entries- سفتن verb (to make a hole)
Polish
3 entries- borować verb (to make a hole)
- wiercić verb (to make a hole)
- świdrować verb (to make a hole)
Portuguese
1 entries- cavar verb (to make a hole)
Quechua
2 entries- hut'kuy verb (to make a hole)
- t'uquy verb (to make a hole)
Romanian
1 entries- găuri verb (to make a hole)
Russian
2 entries- бура́вить verb (to make a hole)
- сверли́ть verb (to make a hole)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- búšiti verb (to make a hole)
- svrdlati verb (to make a hole)
- бу́шити verb (to make a hole)
- сврдлати verb (to make a hole)
Slovak
4 entries- prevŕtať verb (to make a hole)
- vyvŕtať verb (to make a hole)
- vŕtať verb (to make a hole)
- zavŕtať verb (to make a hole)
Slovene
1 entries- vrtati verb (to make a hole)
Spanish
3 entries- agujerear verb (to make a hole)
- horadar verb (to make a hole)
- perforar verb (to make a hole)
Swahili
1 entries- -dunga verb (to make a hole)
Swedish
1 entries- borra verb (to make a hole)
Telugu
1 entries- తొలుచు verb (to make a hole)
Thai
2 entries- เจาะ verb (to make a hole)
- ไช verb (to make a hole)
Turkish
1 entries- burgulamak verb (to make a hole)
Tày
2 entries- boóng verb (to make a hole)
- bón verb (to make a hole)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бурити verb (to make a hole)
- свердлити verb (to make a hole)
Vietnamese
3 entries- khoan verb (to make a hole)
- khoét verb (to make a hole)
- đục verb (to make a hole)
Sample sentences
37 total sentences available.
How easy would it be to bore a tunnel through it?
Source: tatoeba (36566)
The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity.
Source: tatoeba (44059)
The tax bore hard on the peasantry.
Source: tatoeba (45889)
Showing 4 of 37 available sentences.