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1. (n.) boring
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
2. boring
the hole so made.
3. boring
borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.
4. (adj.) boring
causing or marked by boredom; tedious; tiresome.
Etymology: (1835–45)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drilling, boring
the act of drilling
2. (adj) boring, drilling, oil production
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
3. (adj) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
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"
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1. (adjective) boring
not interesting
Standing in line is so boring.; a boring book
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1. (noun) boring
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
2. (noun) boring
a hole made by boring
3. (noun) boring
the chips or fragments made by boring
4. boring
of Bore
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Sense: the state of being bored.
a boring job; This book is boring.
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 Afrikaans: vervelige |
 Arabic: مُمل، مُضجر |
 Bulgarian: досаден |
 Brazilian: tedioso |
 Czech: nudný |
 German: langweilig |
 Danish: kedelig |
 Greek: ανιαρός, βαρετός |
 Spanish: aburrido |
 Estonian: igav |
 Farsi: کسل کننده |
 Finnish: pitkästyttävä |
 French: ennuyeux |
 Hebrew: מְשַעֲמֵם |
 Hindi: उबाऊ, नीरस |
 Croatian: dosadan |
 Hungarian: unalmas |
 Indonesian: membosankan |
 Icelandic: leiðinlegur |
 Italian: noioso |
 Japanese: 退屈な |
 Korean: 지겨운 |
 Lithuanian: nuobodus |
 Latvian: garlaikojošs |
 Malay: membosankan |
 Dutch: vervelend |
 Norwegian: kjedelig, langtekkelig |
 Polish: nudny |
 Persian: کسل کننده |
 Pashto: ستړی کوونکی |
 Portuguese: maçador |
 Romanian: plictisitor |
 Russian: скучный |
 Slovak: otravný, nudný |
 Slovenian: dolgočasen |
 Serbian: dosadan |
 Swedish: långtråkig |
 Thai: น่าเบื่อ |
 Turkish: sıkıcı, can sıkıcı |
 Taiwanese: 令人厭倦的 |
 Ukrainian: нудний |
 Urdu: دق کرنے ولا ، پریشان کن |
 Vietnamese: sự nhạt nhẽo |
 Chinese: 令人厌烦的 |
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