borer.
A tool used for drilling.
Meaning & usage
A tool used for drilling.
A knife fit for a stabbing.
A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.
A tedious person, who bores others; a bore.
An insect or insect larva that bores into wood.
One of the many types of mollusc that bore into soft rock.
A cyclostome, such as a hagfish, which bores into injured, dead, or decaying sea creatures to feed on their flesh.
The penetrating root of a parasitic plant.
Where this word comes from
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.
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