eyes bored into

I cannot understand well enough the phrase eyes bored into somebody.

"‘No!’ Euryale’s red eyes bored into Percy."

https://books.google.com.tr/books?i... Euryale’s red eyes bored into Percy.&f=false

I cannot get connection between example sentence from the children's novel and the definition in the link following.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/bore#bore-4

Would you help me get the connection?

Thank you.

Stare at someone intensely

Stare as through your eyes were drilling a hole into whatever is being looked at.
It's obviously a figurative use.


The link, by the way:
with object Make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool.
no object ‘the drill can bore through rock’


!important]figurative ‘his eyes bored into hers’

‘they bored holes in the sides’

Barb_D said:

Stare at someone intensely

Stare as through your eyes were drilling a hole into whatever is being looked at.
It's obviously a figurative use.

The link, by the way:
with object Make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool.
no object ‘the drill can bore through rock’


important]figurative ‘his eyes bored into hers’

‘they bored holes in the sides’

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Is this figurative use only for eyes? Can other things or organs be used in this figurative manner?

Thank you.

hhtt21 said:

Is this figurative use only for eyes?

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Yes.

Eyes can make us feel uncomfortable or exposed when people stare or seem to look into us.