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Substantiivi

1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
2. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
3. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
4. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
5. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
6. The place where such a well exists.
7. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
8. Something dull or uninteresting.
9. Calibre; importance.

Verbi

1. (colloquial) Past participle of bear
2. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
3. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
4. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
5. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
6. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
7. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
8. (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
9. (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
10. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
11. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.