transitive. To make (a hole or other opening) in something by pricking, stabbing, boring, etc.

transitive. To produce or make (a hole, passage, tunnel) by boring (modern use as 1 3). to bore one's way: to advance by a boring motion.

transitive. To make (a hole, groove, etc.) in a solid object or material.

To make (a hole) by piercing, to bore. Obsolete.

To make or bore (a hole, etc.) by drilling. Also transferred of shooting.

transitive. To form (a hole) by boring, piercing, punching, etc.

transitive. To make (a hole) in something with a pointed object.

transitive. To make (a hole) by pricking or piercing. Cf. earlier punctured, adj. 2.

To bore in the manner of a sieve.

transitive. To make a hole in; to drill (a hole). Obsolete.