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What is the verb for boredom?

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bore
  1. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
  2. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
  3. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
  4. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
  5. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
  6. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
  7. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
  8. (horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
  9. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “Helga's uninspiring speech would only serve to bore the few who had bothered to attend her gathering.”
      “The challenge was gone, and my work began to bore me.”
      “If you can drive a nail and bore a hole, then you can have a bobsled in no time.”
bored
boring
  1. present participle of bore
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was clear that Helga's uninspiring speech was boring the few who had bothered to attend her gathering.”
      “By driving a few nails and boring a few holes, you can build yourself a bobsled in no time.”
      “This is as far as I can go, short of boring my way through the wall.”
bore
  1. simple past tense of bear
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Helga's uninspiring speech would only serve to bore the few who had bothered to attend her gathering.”
      “The challenge was gone, and my work began to bore me.”
      “If you can drive a nail and bore a hole, then you can have a bobsled in no time.”
borest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bore
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bear
bores
boreth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of bore
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