Overview of noun boring

The noun boring has 2 senses

• drilling, boring -- (the act of drilling)


• boring, drilling, oil production -- (the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum)

Overview of verb bore

The verb bore has 2 senses

• bore, tire -- (cause to be bored)


• bore, drill -- (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall")

Overview of adj boring

The adj boring has 1 sense

• 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")