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bore

/ˈbɔː/BAWR
/ˈbɔɹ/BAWR

Meaningpierce

Common meaning: make a hole in

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bhar-‘bear, carry’source
  2. Old Englishborian‘pierce’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishboriensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftspierce → make a hole inbore‘make a hole in’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English borian ‘pierce’.

Source words

  • borian Old English · source word “pierce”

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