verb🔗ShareEnnuyerTo inspire boredom in somebody."The teacher's monotonous lectures bored the students. "Les cours monotones du professeur ennuyèrent les élèves.sensationmindemotiontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePercer, forerTo make a hole through something."The carpenter bored a hole in the wood to insert the screw. "Le charpentier a percé un trou dans le bois pour insérer la vis.technicalactiontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePercer, forerTo make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool."An insect bores into a tree."Un insecte perce un arbre.technicalmachineindustrytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareForerTo form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus."to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole"Pour forer un cylindre à vapeur ou un canon de fusil ; pour forer un trou.technicalmachineindustryworktoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePercerTo make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through."The workers had to bore a tunnel through the mountain to complete the new road. "Les ouvriers ont dû percer un tunnel à travers la montagne pour achever la nouvelle route.technicalmachineworkprocesstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePercerTo be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns."This timber does not bore well."Ce bois ne se perce pas bien.technicalmachineutensilworktoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePercer, forerTo push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort."The farmer bored a deep hole for the new well, pushing the shovel through the hard earth with laborious effort. "Le fermier a percé un trou profond pour le nouveau puits, enfonçant la pelle dans la terre dure avec un effort laborieux.actiondirectiontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe cabrer(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air."The horse bored its nose in the air impatiently before the rider mounted it. "Le cheval s'est cabré avec impatience avant que le cavalier ne le monte.animalactiontoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTromper, duperTo fool; to trick."The magician bored the audience with a clever trick, making them think a rabbit had appeared from thin air. "Le magicien a dupé le public avec une astuce ingénieuse, leur faisant croire qu'un lapin était apparu de nulle part.actionentertainmenttoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEnnuyé, lasSuffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do"The long bus ride to school made Amelia bored; she fidgeted and looked out the window. "Le long trajet en bus jusqu'à l'école ennuyait Amélia ; elle s'agitait et regardait par la fenêtre.mindemotionsensationtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEnnuyé, désintéresséUninterested, without attention"The lecture was so dull that I felt bored. "La conférence était si ennuyeuse que je me suis senti ennuyé.mindemotionattitudetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePerforé, trouéPerforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)"The old, weathered seashell was bored with tiny holes, evidence of marine organisms eating away at it. "Le vieux coquillage usé était perforé de minuscules trous, preuve que des organismes marins le rongeaient.naturebiologytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
