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10 dictionary results for: boring
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bor·ing1       [bawr-ing, bohr-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Machinery.
a.the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
b.the hole so made.
2.Geology. a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole.
3.borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see bore1, -ing1]
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bor·ing2       [bawr-ing, bohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
[Origin: 1835–45; bore2 + -ing2]

—Related forms
bor·ing·ly, adverb
bor·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms dull, tiresome, tedious.
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bore1       [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
2.to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
3.to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material: to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3000 feet deep.
4.Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
5.to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually fol. by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
–verb (used without object)
6.to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
7.Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
8.(of a substance) to admit of being bored: Certain types of steel do not bore well.
–noun
9.a hole made or enlarged by boring.
10.the inside diameter of a hole, tube, or hollow cylindrical object or device, such as a bushing or bearing, engine cylinder, or barrel of a gun.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE borian; c. OHG borōn, ON bora, L forāre]

—Related forms
bore·a·ble, bor·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. perforate, drill. 10. caliber.
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bore2       [bawr, bohr] Pronunciation Key verb, bored, bor·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me.
–noun
2.a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
3.a cause of ennui or petty annoyance: repetitious tasks that are a bore to do.
[Origin: 1760–70; of uncert. orig.]

—Synonyms 1. fatigue, tire, annoy.
—Antonyms 1. amuse; thrill, enrapture.
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bore 1       (bôr, bōr)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   bored, bor·ing, bores

v.   tr.
  1. To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.
  2. To form (a tunnel, for example) by drilling, digging, or burrowing.

v.   intr.
  1. To make a hole in or through something with or as if with a drill: "three types of protein that enable the cells to bore in and out of blood vessels" (Elisabeth Rosenthal).
  2. To proceed or advance steadily or laboriously: a destroyer boring through heavy seas.

n.  
  1. A hole or passage made by or as if by use of a drill.
  2. A hollow, usually cylindrical chamber or barrel, as of a firearm.
  3. The interior diameter of a hole, tube, or cylinder.
  4. The caliber of a firearm.
  5. A drilling tool.


[Middle English boren, from Old English borian.]

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bore 2       (bôr, bōr)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   bored, bor·ing, bores
To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us.

n.   One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious.


[Origin unknown.]

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bor·ing       (bôr'ĭng, bōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.

bor'ing·ly adv., bor'ing·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives refer to what is so uninteresting as to cause mental weariness. Boring implies feelings of listlessness and discontent: I had never read such a boring book.
What is monotonous bores because of lack of variety: "There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea" (James Russell Lowell).
Tedious suggests dull slowness or long-windedness: Traveling by plane avoids spending tedious days on the train.
Irksome describes what is demanding of time and effort and yet is dull and often unrewarding: "I know and feel what an irksome task the writing of long letters is" (Edmund Burke).
Something tiresome fatigues because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness: "What a tiresome being is a man who is fond of talking" (Benjamin Jowett).
Humdrum refers to what is commonplace, trivial, or unexcitingly routine: My quiet cousin led a humdrum existence.

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boring

adjective
1. 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" 

noun
1. the act of drilling [syn: drilling] 
2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum 

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Boring, OR Zip code(s): 97009

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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.

One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson.

2. A hole made by boring.

3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.

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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