Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.

  2. 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

  3. (countable, especially, uncountable)Drilling.

    the act of drilling

  4. (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

  5. (countable, uncountable)A pit or hole which has been bored.

  6. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.

Examples

794 sentences
  1. It's boring to stay at home.

    Сидіти вдома нудно. — deniko

    ruДома сидеть скучно. — marafon

  2. Tom isn't boring, but Mary is.

    Том не нудний, а от Мері нудна. — deniko

  3. I know that Tom is boring.

    Я знаю, що Том нудний. — deniko

  4. Waiting for a train is boring.

    Чекати на потяг нудно. — deniko

    ruЖдать поезда скучно. — marafon

    deEs ist langweilig, auf einen Zug zu warten. — Manfredo

  5. 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 languages

Origin

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: borings
Singularboring
Pluralborings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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