boring
UK/ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ//ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/
boring noun: the act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Also the present participle and gerund of bore.
Noun
boring (countable and uncountable, plural borings)
- The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
- A warm, soft, tender, sweet sensation. It's much like anesthesia– And mysteriously, my trembling gradually starts to lessen. Her faint breaths tickle my cheek. A very sweet scent. I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest. The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into...2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head
- Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the roundness and size of the hole).
- turning and boring
- fine boring with a boring head on a boring mill
- Drilling.
- The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.
- And Dan indignantly waved his long, brown arm over the plant, which consisted of the engine, the boring apparatus, and a dilapidated spring-cartthat was pulled by a lean, lonely-looking horse[.]1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 1
- A pit or hole which has been bored.
- It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, page 191
- One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
Adjective
boring (comparative more boring or boringer, superlative most boring or boringest)
- Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
- What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.
- “Why don’t you become a Baptist preacher?” she interrupted wearily. He smiled at her briefly. Then, from the way he leaned back, adjusted his glasses, took a quick sip of martini, Ida knew she was in for a speech. Biting hard on her back teeth, she sighed and prepared to listen as little as...1956 September, Laura Beheler, chapter 16, in The Paper Dolls, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175
- Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
- I very boring.
- Synonyms:
- bored
- Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
- boring equipment
- boring snails
- Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- [H]is remarkably blue eyes had the trick of boring concentration.1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 11
Proper noun capitalized: Boring
Boring (plural Borings)
Also used as
boring is also the present participle and gerund of bore.
boring meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi
boring in Marathi
- causing boredom or tiredness
- कंटाळवाणे kaṇṭāḷvāṇe, कंटाळवाणी kaṇṭāḷvāṇī, कंटाळवाणा kaṇṭāḷvāṇā
boring in Urdu
- بورنگ, بور کرنے والا
boring in Malayalam
- ബോറടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു, ബോറടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
boring in Punjabi
- ਬੋਰਿੰਗ
More languagesFewer languages
- boring in Nepali
- बोरिंग, बोरिङ
- boring in Arabic
- مُمِلّ mumill, مُضْجِر muḍjir
- boring in Malay
- bosan
- boring in Persian
- کسلکننده kesel-konande, ملالآور melâl-âvar, کسالتبار kesâlat-bâr
- boring in Thai
- เบื่อ bʉ̀ʉa, น่าเบื่อ nâa-bʉ̀ʉa
- boring in Vietnamese
- chán
Examples of boring in a sentence
- The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into my flesh, threading through my bones, and steadily sinking its way into my body.2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head:
- We’ll get to be like two old people who can communicate, and nothing’s boringer than that.1983, Peter De Vries, chapter 13, in Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 212:
- “I had the most boring day in life yesterday.2004, Nancy Rue, “Sophie and the Scoundrels (Book 3)”, in Sophie’s Secret (Faithgirlz!; The Sophie Series, 2), Grand Rapids, Mich....
- But boring is good when operating railways.2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35:
Synonyms of boring
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Forms of boring
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | borings |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more boring |
| comparative | boringer |
| superlative | most boring |
| superlative | boringest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Borings |
Origin of boring
Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.
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Questions about boring
- What does boring mean?
- Boring means the act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
- What is boring in Marathi?
- Boring in Marathi is कंटाळवाणे (kaṇṭāḷvāṇe), कंटाळवाणी (kaṇṭāḷvāṇī), कंटाळवाणा (kaṇṭāḷvāṇā). See Boring meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use boring in a sentence?
- The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into my flesh, threading through my bones, and steadily sinking its way into my body.
- What part of speech is boring?
- Boring can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce boring?
- Boring is pronounced /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of boring?
- The plural of boring is borings.
Words near boring in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boring (page history and authors); Boring (page history and authors); boring (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boring (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boring (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boring (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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