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borer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• bôrʹər (US)
• /ˈboːɹɐ/ (Multicultural-London-English)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɔːɹə/ (UK)
• /ˈbɔːɹɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English borer From bore + -er.

Meanings

1. A tool used for drilling.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.
3. A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
4. A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
   • Rennie was an expert on boredom, having done a piece on it for Pandora's “Relationships” column in which she claimed that there were two people involved in boredom, not just one: the borer and the boree. 2012, Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm:
   • The boree has been heard from frequently since the Renaissance, and his sentiments have undergone little change. The borer hasn't had much to say for himself. 1896, Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard, The Philistine, volume 3, page 21:
5. An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
6. One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
7. A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
8. The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.

Forms

Deriveds

locust borer · woodborer · poplar borer · rock-borer · well-borer · bumelia borer · bud borer · sugar cane borer · stalkborer · squash vine borer · banded hickory borer · African sugarcane borer · raspberry crown borer · moth-borer · cork borer · bronze birch borer · two-lined chestnut borer · crotalaria pod borer · bamboo borer · yucca borer · apple borer · emerald ash borer · ash borer · birch borer · stemborer · boxhole borer · European corn borer · wood-borer · stone-borer · jig borer · microborer · vine borer · corn borer · increment borer · cork-borer · borer bomb · sugar-maple borer · elm borer · fruit borer · twig borer · Asian corn borer · macroborer · loosestrife borer · stem borer · wharf borer · instep borer · raise borer · wax-borer

Synonyms

wetter · cheffer · shank · ying · splash · rambo · poker · nank · chete · cutter · pokey · bassy · jook · splasher · jooker · ching

Translations (43)

fi kairaaja (person who bores/drills) · pt broca (tool) · ja 木食い虫 (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · mk ду́пчач (person who bores/drills) · mk ду́пчалка (tool) · bg сондьор (person who bores/drills) · mi iro poka (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · sv borrmaskin (tool) · ka ბურღი (tool) · ga tolladóir (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · it alesatore (tool) · az ağacovan (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · ga tollaire (tool) · cy tyllwr (tool) · uk деревоточець (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · ro mașină de găurit (tool) · io borilo (tool) · ota مثقب (tool) · mi pātiotio (mollusc) · sv borrare (person who bores/drills) · bg дървесен червей (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · fa مته (tool) · ru древото́чец (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · mk бу́ргија (tool) · ro bormașină (tool) · ru сверло́ (tool) · cy taradr (tool) · ru бура́в (tool) · la terebra (tool) · bg бормашина (tool) · mi tākituri (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · ga tolladóir (person who bores/drills) · ru бур (tool) · lt urbis (tool) · grc τρύπανον (tool) · de Bohrmaschine (tool) · ltg cyrms (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · kix màh (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle) · ota بورغو (tool) · ru сверло́вщик (person who bores/drills) · ru бури́льщик (person who bores/drills) · mk борма́шина (tool) · lv ķirmis (a wood boring insect: the larval stage of the Anobium punctatum beetle)