To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
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 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
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.
To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
To set a lower bound.
To cover or furnish with a floor.
To amaze or greatly surprise.
To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
To finish or make an end of.
The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
A dance floor.
A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
A storey/story of a building.
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.