From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
boring
adj : 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: deadening, dull,
ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome,
wearisome]
n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling]
2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
producing petroleum [syn: drilling, oil production]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
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He bores me with some trick. --Shak.
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Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
--Carlyle.
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5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
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I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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One of the most important applications of boring is
in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson.
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2. A hole made by boring.
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3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
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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.
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