bore vs upcast

bore

noun
  • The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter. 

  • Something dull or uninteresting. 

  • A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 

upcast

noun
  • The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. 

  • A cast; a throw. 

  • A taunt; a reproach. 

  • A cast from subtype to supertype. 

  • An upset, as from a carriage. 

  • A message transmitted via upcasting. 

  • A current of air passed along such a shaft. 

adj
  • Cast up; thrown upward. 

verb
  • To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. 

  • To cast from subtype to supertype. 

  • To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft 

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