boring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: boring	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for boring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome n the act of drilling Synonym(s): drilling, boring the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum Synonym(s): boring, drilling, oil production
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. 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. 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. 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. [bd]What bustling crowds I bored.[b8] --Gay. 4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. He bores me with some trick. --Shak. Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. 5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boring, OR Zip code(s): 97009