Boring
//ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb
adj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
"turning and boring"
- 2 the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum wordnet
- 3 A pit or hole which has been bored.
"It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work."
- 4 the act of drilling wordnet
- 5 One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled. plural-normally
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bore form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
"What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep."
- 2 Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. Manglish
"I very boring."
- 3 Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
"boring equipment"
- 4 Capable of penetrating; piercing.
"[H]is remarkably blue eyes had the trick of boring concentration."
Adjective
- 1 so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.
Example
More examples"The professor's boring lecture put me to sleep."
Etymology
From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing.
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