oreore
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to bore, drill.
I mea te hunga rā e hoe ana ki tētahi motutere, i aua noa atu. I mua atu o te mānunga, ka oreorea e Ruatapu he puta i te riu o te waka, āraia ana ki te raparapa o te waewae (MM.TKM 3-4/1855:31). / That group decided to paddle to an island, which was a long way away. Before the party put to sea, Ruatapu drilled a hole in the bottom of the canoe, which he covered with his foot.
2. (verb) to shake, quiver, move.
I tōna tino mataku, kāhore ia i kaha ki te hāmama i tōna waha, ki te oreore hoki (TWK 6:15). / Because of his great fear he wasn't able to open his mouth or move.
Synonyms: kaneke, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kūreperepe, oioi, rū, kārohirohi, kapakapa, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngaue, ngatari, rure, rurerure, ue, ueue, aroarowhaki, kōrurerure, ngarue, ngāruerue, ngateri, ngāueue, wiri, whakahīoi, whakaoioi, whakawiri, whīoioi, pīoioi, rui, tāwiri, pioi, haurui, whakapoi, rūrū, tīoioi, hīoioi, ngaeke, whakangāteriteri, whakaruerue, tīoi
3. (verb) (-a) to incite, stimulate.
Me te mea nei hoki kāore te nuinga i pōti: ki te whakaaro nei kāore te Māori i oreore i te kaupapa, me ngā whakaari noa rānei a Reipa (TTR 1998:107). / And it would seem that the majority did not vote: and it is thought that the Māori were not moved by the policy or with the views of Labour.
4. (verb) to be alarmed, fidgety, wriggling.
Ka kitea aua ngārara, e putu ana, e ngāweki ana, e oreore ana (TTT 1/9/1927:648). / Those insects could be seen piled up, crawling and wriggling.
5. (modifier) very, extremely - to intensify when it follows words for dryness.
He pakupaku oreore te koraha, he taipū noa iho te hanga ka tipu i reira (HJ 2015:135). / The desert is extremely dry and the only thing that grows there are sand dunes.
