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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bored
    adj 1: tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through
           the museum with a bored air" [syn: bored, world-
           weary]
    2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his
       blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze
       of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan.
   bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to
   plow, Zend bar. [root]91.]
   1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an
      auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round
      hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.
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            I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or
      apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel;
      to bore a hole.
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            Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the
            insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical
            passage through the most solid wood.  --T. W.
                                                  Harris.
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   3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as,
      to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and
      difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored."
      --Gay.
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   4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
      trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
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            He bores me with some trick.          --Shak.
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            Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
                                                  --Carlyle.
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   5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
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            I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
            Baffled and bored, it seems.          --Beau. & Fl.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bored \bored\ adj.
   tired of the world; bored with life.

   Syn: world-weary.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.
      Opposite of interested.

   Syn: blase.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for Bored:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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