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bore. 1  A hole or passage made by or as if by use of a drill. 2  A hollow, usually cylindrical chamber or barrel, as of a firearm. 3  The interior diameter of a hole, tube, or cylinder. 4  The caliber of a firearm. 5  A drilling tool.
All other uses of the verb are for bear: bearing children, the right to bear arms, bearing up under the stress/weight, can't bear the thought, bear south, it bears repeating. There is occasional confusion between bear and bare in adjectival uses (as in he rubbed his bear arms), but bear is properly a noun and only used like an adjective in the financial phrase bear market.