bore vs gas

bore

verb
  • To inspire boredom in somebody. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

gas

verb
  • To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter. 

  • To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. 

  • To attack or kill with poison gas. 

  • To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it. 

  • To impose upon by talking boastfully. 

  • To emit gas. 

  • To impregnate with gas. 

  • To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers. 

adj
  • Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man. 

  • Comical, zany; fun, amusing. 

noun
  • Arterial or venous blood gas. 

  • Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. 

  • An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions. 

  • Poison gas. 

  • A hob on a gas cooker. 

  • A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. 

  • A humorous or entertaining event or person. 

  • Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus. 

  • Frothy or boastful talk; chatter. 

  • Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. 

  • A fastball. 

  • Marijuana, typically of high quality. 

  • A chemical element or compound in such a state. 

  • A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder. 

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