'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

Words containing 'Boring'