'Boring' definitions:
Definition of 'boring'
(from WordNet)
adjective
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
noun
The act of drilling [syn: drilling, boring]
noun
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum [syn: boring, drilling, oil production]
Definition of 'Boring'
From: GCIDE
- Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]91.]
- 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. [1913 Webster]
- I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. [1913 Webster]
- Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. --T. W. Harris. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored." --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. [1913 Webster]
- He bores me with some trick. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boring'
From: GCIDE
- Boring \Bor"ing\, n.
- 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks. [1913 Webster]
- One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hole made by boring. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring. [1913 Webster]
- Boring bar, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes.
- Boring tool (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acupunctuation,
- acupuncture,
- arid,
- bore,
- boresome,
- broach,
- dead,
- drab,
- dreary,
- drill hole,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dull,
- empiercement,
- exhausting,
- fatiguing,
- fixing,
- flat,
- goring,
- gray,
- humdrum,
- impalement,
- irksome,
- lancing,
- long-drawn-out,
- monotonous,
- penetration,
- perforation,
- piercing,
- pricking,
- prolix,
- punching,
- puncture,
- puncturing,
- repetitious,
- repetitive,
- same,
- samely,
- skewering,
- soporific,
- stale,
- stupefyingly boring,
- stuporific,
- tedious,
- terebration,
- tired,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- transfixation,
- transfixion,
- transforation,
- trepanning,
- trephining,
- unending,
- unexciting,
- uninteresting,
- unrelieved,
- weariful,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- wordy,
- yawny