The center of the cylindrical shaped magnet (often referred to as a doughnut) within an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

past tense of bear (v.).

thing which causes ennui or annoyance, 1778; of persons by 1812; from bore (v.1). The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. [Voltaire, "Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme," 1738]

Old English borian "to bore through, perforate," from bor "auger," from Proto-Germanic *buron (source also of Old Norse bora, Swedish borra, Old High German boron, Middle Dutch bor [..]

to drill or tunnel into something.

Same as hydraulic jump. A tidal wave that propagates as a solitary wave with a steep leading edge up certain rivers. Bore formation is favored in wedge-shaped shoaling estuaries at times of spring tid [..]

cause to be bored a person who evokes boredom make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; & [..]

to make a deep hole in something by twisting a tool round and round. The same word also means to make someone tired by dull talk

v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.

(1) an internal cylindrical passageway, as of a tube, hose or pipe; (2) the internal diameter of a tube, hose, or pipe.

A hole or passage made by boring.

  calibre of a gun.

The interior of a barrel forward of the chamber.

The diameter of the tube of a woodwind or brass instrument. The shape of the bore in part dictitates the timbre or tone color of the instrument. A conical bore instrument, in which the bore grows larg [..]

past of bear

Void which is created to receive a pipe, conduit or cable.

The diameter, in inches, of the cylinders in the vehicles engine.

To enlarge and finish the surface of a cylindrical hole by the action of a rotating boring bar (cutting tool) or by the action of a stationary tool pressed (fed) against the surface as the part is rot [..]

The interior of a firearm's barrel excluding the chamber.

(n) a person who evokes boredom(n) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)(n) diameter of a tube or gun barrel(n) a hole or passage m [..]

A high breaking wave of water, advancing rapidly up an estuary. bores can occur at the mouths of shallow rivers if the tide range at the mouth is large. They can also be generated in a river when tsun [..]

A broken swell wave travelling shorewards across the surf zone.

A person who bestows his tediousness on you; one who wearies you with his prate, his company, or his solicitations. Verb bear, bore, borne, to endure. A bore is someone we bore with or endured.

A tidal wave.

A tidal wave which propagates as a solitary wave with a steep leading edge up certain rivers. Formation is most apparent in wedge-shaped shoaling estuaries at times of spring tides. See Admiralty Manu [..]

Diameter of an individual engine cylinder. Relates to that of the piston stoke length, both being given in millimeters, eg- 77.0/85.5mm Blowby

The interior of a gun barrel.

The diameter of a cylinder.

An internal cylindrical passageway, as a tube, hose, or pipe. The internal diameter of a tube, hose, or pipe.

Diameter of an individual engine cylinder.

In a piston engine, the diameter of the cylinder, usually measured in either inches or millimeters.

The diameter of the cylinders.

A cylinder's bore is its diameter. When an engine is bored

Same as tidal bore.

as in Bore up or Bore away. To assume a position to engage, or disengage, the enemy ship.

See boatswain.

an incoming tide that advances as a sharply defined wave in certain rivers and inlets that have a long way to run over a gradually sloping bottom

Sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up in the form of a wave. also known as Eagre.

A sudden tide wave, which rolls along rapidly at certain times on some rivers, and makes a great noise.

A narrow, deep hole bored into the ground to reach an aquifer to extract water under pressure.

calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size, weight, importance

(2) - British term for Gauge. See Calibre

n.(1) "opening, hole," s.v. bore sb.\1 OED. KEY: bore@n1

n1 1 bore 1

See TIDAL BORE.

to create a well by drilling; the hole or passage made by a drill; tidal flow of water up estuaries.

a) The interior diameter of the barrel of a firearm between the chamber and the muzzle. b) The British word for the calibre of a shotgun (in America they use 'Gauge'). A 12 bore shotgun has [..]

Inside diameter of a cylinder.

used to come and bore me at rare intervals. a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult pa [..]