bore
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who evokes boredom
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
- gasbag hyponym
- nudnik hyponym
- platitudinarian hyponym
- stuffed shirt hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to be bored
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Types & categories
- tidal flow hypernym
Sense 4 verb
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
- spud hyponym
- counter-drill hyponym
- trepan hyponym
Related & opposite
- oil production derivation
- boring derivation
- woodborer derivation
- bore-hole derivation
- borer derivation
- drill derivation
- electric drill derivation
- caliber derivation
Sense 5 noun
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Types & categories
- diameter hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
Types & categories
- excavation hypernym
- shot hole hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pall |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bore |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gasbag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nudnik |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | platitudinarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuffed shirt |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | interest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bore |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tidal flow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | oil production |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boring |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | woodborer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bore-hole |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | borer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | electric drill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | caliber |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spud |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | counter-drill |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trepan |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | calibrate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | drill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | diameter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | drill |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mining |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | excavation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shot hole |