boring — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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   A warm, soft, tender, sweet sensation. It's much like anesthesia– And mysteriously, my trembling gradually starts to lessen. Her faint breaths tickle my cheek. A very sweet scent. I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest. The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into my flesh, threading through my bones, and steadily sinking its way into my body. Yet, numbed by the anesthesia of the kiss, I no longer feel any pain. Because you kill me like this, so gently– I unexpectedly become anguished. I'm on the verge of crying. To keep her from noticing, I look past her head, up at the dark gray sky that goes on dropping rain on us.

2. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the roundness and size of the hole).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Broader terms

   machiningcutting

   Examples

   turning and boring

   fine boring with a boring head on a boring mill

3. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Drilling.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • especially
   • Uncountable
   • in woodworking

   Broader terms

   cutting

4. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

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   And Dan indignantly waved his long, brown arm over the plant, which consisted of the engine, the boring apparatus, and a dilapidated spring-cartthat was pulled by a lean, lonely-looking horse[.]

5. A pit or hole which has been bored.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.

6. One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • plural-normally
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   chipswarf

Adjective

1. Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

   Examples

   What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.

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   “Why don’t you become a Baptist preacher?” she interrupted wearily. He smiled at her briefly. Then, from the way he leaned back, adjusted his glasses, took a quick sip of martini, Ida knew she was in for a speech. Biting hard on her back teeth, she sighed and prepared to listen as little as possible. Suffocating, she mumbled, that’s what he is! And boringer than hell!

   Oh, let's not spoil a good dinner with a reconcilation^([sic]) scene. We’ve hardly split up. We’ll get to be like two old people who can communicate, and nothing’s boringer than that.

   “I had the most boring day in life yesterday. I couldn’t go to work with my dad, so I went with my mom.” […] “Mine was even boringer than yours,” Kitty said. She was starting to whine, and she flipped her ponytail. She did both of those things a lot. “I didn’t get to spend that much time with my dad, either, since he’s a pilot.”

   "We've had some moments in the spotlight, and there will be more to come. But boring is good when operating railways.

2. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

   Usage

   • Manglish

   Synonyms

   bored

   Examples

   I very boring.

3. Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.

   Examples

   boring equipment

   boring snails

4. Capable of penetrating; piercing.

   Examples

   [H]is remarkably blue eyes had the trick of boring concentration.

Adjective

1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   Synonyms

   deadeningdullho-humirksomeslowtedioustiresomewearisome

   Examples

   a boring evening with uninteresting people

   the deadening effect of some routine tasks

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   a dull play

   his competent but dull performance

   a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention

   tedious days on the train

   other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

Noun

1. the act of drilling

   Synonyms

   drilling

   Broader terms

   creating by removal

2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

   Synonyms

   drillingoil production

   Broader terms

   production