To move forwards; to approach.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make a higher bid at an auction.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
Preceding.
Forward.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
simple past tense of bear
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
To make a hole through something.
To inspire boredom in somebody.
simple past tense of bare
Something dull or uninteresting.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Calibre; importance.
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
The place where such a well exists.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.