A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
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.
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 push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
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