"bore out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bores out [present, singular, third-person], boring out [participle, present], bored out [participle, past], bored out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bore out (third-person singular simple present bores out, present participle boring out, simple past and past participle bored out)
  1. (transitive) To form or enlarge by boring. Tags: transitive Synonyms: bore Related terms: oversquare Coordinate_terms: stroke Translations (form or enlarge by boring): porata (isommaksi) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bore_out-en-verb-9XEk6FC6 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bore out
  1. simple past of bear out Tags: form-of, past Form of: bear out
    Sense id: en-bore_out-en-verb-F1dpE4Kj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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