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English to English noun
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a person who evokes boredom | source: wordnet30
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a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) | source: wordnet30
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diameter of a tube or gun barrel | source: wordnet30
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a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes | source: wordnet30
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A hole made by boring; a perforation. | source: webster1913
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A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien- tang, in China. | source: webster1913 verb source: wordnet30
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make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool |
• don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
• drill a hole into the wall
• drill for oil
• carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall
source: wordnet30
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To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. | source: webster1913
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To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects). | source: webster1913
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