boring
The act or process of boring holesThe act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
» It's boring to stay at home.
Дома сидеть скучно.
Сидеть дома скучно.
Оставаться дома скучно.
Сидіти вдома нудно.
Вдома сидіти нудно.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
(countable, uncountable)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
(countable, especially, uncountable)Drilling.
the act of drilling
(Australia, countable, uncountable)The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
(countable, uncountable)A pit or hole which has been bored.
(countable, usually plural, uncountable)One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
Examples
794 sentencesIt's boring to stay at home.
Сидіти вдома нудно. — deniko
ruДома сидеть скучно. — marafon
Tom isn't boring, but Mary is.
Том не нудний, а от Мері нудна. — deniko
I know that Tom is boring.
Я знаю, що Том нудний. — deniko
Waiting for a train is boring.
Чекати на потяг нудно. — deniko
ruЖдать поезда скучно. — marafon
deEs ist langweilig, auf einen Zug zu warten. — Manfredo
I don't think my life is boring.
Не думаю, що в мене нудне життя. — deniko
ruЯ не думаю, что моя жизнь скучна. — odexed
deIch denke nicht, dass mein Leben langweilig ist. — Manfredo
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.
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Forms
plural: boringsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum:drillingoil production
- the act of drilling:drilling
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- was so boring
- as boring as
- speech was boring
- wasn't as boring
- really boring
- kind of boring
- the most boring
- was really boring
- what a boring
- life is boring
- must be boring
- most boring