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5 VERB If you bore a hole in something, you make a deep round hole in it using a special tool. □ [V n] Get the special drill bit to bore the correct-size hole for the job.

6Bore is the past tense of bear .

7 → see also bored , boring

-bore /-bɔː ^r / COMB [ADJ n] -bore combines with numbers to form adjectives which indicate the size of the barrel of a gun. □  He had a 12-bore shotgun.

bored /bɔː ^r d/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you are bored , you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do. □ [+ with ] I am getting very bored with this entire business.

bore|dom /bɔː ^r dəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Boredom is the state of being bored. □  He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom. □  They often find they begin to chat to relieve the boredom of the flight.

bore|hole /bɔː ^r hoʊl/ (boreholes ) N‑COUNT A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.

bor|ing /bɔː r I ŋ/ ADJ Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient. □  Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed. □  …boring television programmes. ●  bor|ing|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □  The meal itself was not so good–everything was boringly brown including the vegetables.

born ◆◆◇ /bɔː ^r n/

1 V-PASSIVE When a baby is born , it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent. □ [be V -ed] My mother was 40 when I was born. □ [be V -ed + of/to ] He was born of German parents and lived most of his life abroad. □ [V -ed + of/to ] Willie Smith was the second son born to Jean and Stephen.

2 V-PASSIVE [no cont] If someone is born with a particular disease, problem, or characteristic, they have it from the time they are born. □ [be V -ed + with ] He was born with only one lung. □ [be V -ed adj] Some people are born brainy. □ [be V -ed to-inf] I think he was born to be editor of a tabloid newspaper. □ [be V -ed n] We are all born leaders; we just need the right circumstances in which to flourish.

3 V-PASSIVE [no cont] You can use be born in front of a particular name to show that a person was given this name at birth, although they may be better known by another name. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed n] She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946.

4 ADJ [ADJ n] You use born to describe someone who has a natural ability to do a particular activity or job. For example, if you are a born cook, you have a natural ability to cook well. □  Jack was a born teacher.

5 V-PASSIVE When an idea or organization is born , it comes into existence. If something is born of a particular emotion or activity, it exists as a result of that emotion or activity. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed] Congress passed the National Security Act, and the CIA was born. □ [be V -ed + out of/of ] Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.

6 → see also -born , first born , newborn

7to be born and bred → see breed

8to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth → see spoon

-born /-bɔː ^r n/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -born combines with adjectives that relate to countries or with the names of towns and areas to form adjectives that indicate where someone was born. [JOURNALISM ] □  …the dynamic German-born manager.

bo rn-agai n

1 ADJ A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.