bore vs move

bore

verb
  • 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 

noun
  • 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. 

move

verb
  • To act; to take action; to begin to act 

  • To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another 

  • To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). 

  • To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. 

  • To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. 

  • To request an action from the court. 

  • To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another. 

  • To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs). 

  • To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. 

  • To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit 

noun
  • The event of changing one's residence. 

  • A change in strategy. 

  • A round, in which each player has a turn. 

  • The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. 

  • The act of moving; a movement. 

  • An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. 

  • A transfer, a change from one employer to another. 

  • A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. 

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