Boring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pit or hole which has been bored.
  • v. Present participle of bore.
  • adj. That which incites boredom in a person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores.
  • n. A hole made by boring.
  • n. The chips or fragments made by boring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of piercing or perforating; specifically, in mining and similar operations, the act of making a hole in rock or earth by means of a borer or drill.
  • n. The hole made by boring.
  • n. plural The chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring. Also called boring-dust.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  • n. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
  • n. the act of drilling
  • Equivalent
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    tedious   
    Verb Stem
    bore   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adoring    deploring    exploring    flooring    goring    ignoring    imploring    loring    outpouring    outscoring