MikeLigalig.com

ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
Example: What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.

Definition 2:
• Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
Example: I very boring.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bored
Labels: Manglish

Definition 3:
• Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
Example: boring equipment
Example: boring snails

Definition 4:
• Capable of penetrating; piercing.
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.

Definition 2:
• An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

Definition 3:
• An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.

Definition 4:
• An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
• 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).
Example: turning and boring
Example: fine boring with a boring head on a boring mill
Labels: engineering, machining, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
• Drilling.
Labels: countable, especially, uncountable, in woodworking

Definition 4:
• The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
• The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.
Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A pit or hole which has been bored.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: chip, swarf
Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/

Definition 1:
• present participle and gerund of bore
Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boring