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Boring, OR Zip code(s): 97009From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]91.] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. [1913 Webster] I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. [1913 Webster] Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. --T. W. Harris. [1913 Webster] 3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I bored.'' --Gay. [1913 Webster] 4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. [1913 Webster] He bores me with some trick. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Boring \Bor"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks. [1913 Webster] One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster] 2. A hole made by boring. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring. [1913 Webster] Boring bar, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes. Boring tool (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes. --Knight. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]91.] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. 2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. --T. W. Harris. 3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I bored.'' --Gay. 4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. He bores me with some trick. --Shak. Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. 5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Boring \Bor"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks. One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson. 2. A hole made by boring. 3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring. Boring bar, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes. Boring tool (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes. --Knight.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
boring adj : 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" [syn: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome] n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling] 2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum [syn: drilling, oil production]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boring Αγγλικά a. 1 όρυγμα, τρύπα 2 θραύσμα ή κομματάκι που προκύπτει όταν ανοίγουμε μια τρύπα Αγγλικά n. 1 όρυγμα, τρύπα 2 θραύσμα ή κομματάκι που προκύπτει όταν ανοίγουμε μια τρύπαFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boring Danish n. 1 drill hole 2 drilling Dutch n. 1 drilling 2 bore of a car's cylinder or canonFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Boring n. 1 (surname: en). 2 An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. 3 An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon. 4 An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
boring a. 1 Causing boredom or tiredness; making you to feel tired and impatient. 2 (lb en chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. 3 Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. 4 Capable of penetrating; piercing. n. A pit or hole which has been bore#Verbd. vb. (present participle of en bore nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Boring n. 1 (surname: en). 2 An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. 3 An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon. 4 An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
boring Danish n. 1 drill hole 2 drilling Dutch n. 1 drilling 2 bore of a car's cylinder or canonFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Boring n. 1 (surname: en). 2 An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. 3 An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon. 4 An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
boring Danish n. 1 drill hole 2 drilling Dutch n. 1 drilling 2 bore of a car's cylinder or canonFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Boring n. 1 (surname: en). 2 An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. 3 An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon. 4 An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boring Englanti a. tylsä, ikävystyttävä, pitkäveteinen Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm b or ing e)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
boring Engelska a. 1 tråkig, långtråkig 2 (avledning en bore ordform=prespart) Engelska n. borrning, uppborrning Engelska vb. (böjning en verb bore)From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ verveligFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ الثّقبFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]доса́ден, ску́чен causing boredom or tiredness
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vývrt
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vrtání
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyvrtávací
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vrtací
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]otvor
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ nudnýFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vrtný
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ BohrenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][techn.] Synonym: drilling see: percussion drilling, percussion drilling, trepanning drilling
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ BohrungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Bohren [techn.] Note: Vorgang und Resultat Note: process and result
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ BohrungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][geol.] "make a drilling / boring" - eine Bohrung ausführen "rotary drilling / boring" - drehende Bohrung, Rotary-Bohrung "percussive drilling / boring" - schlagende Bohrung, Rammkern-Bohrung Synonym: drilling
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ bohrend "They are drilling / boring for oil off the coast." - Vor der Küste wird nach Öl gebohrt. Synonym: drilling see: bore, drill for/into sth., bored, drilled, bores, drills, bored, drilled, drive (sink) into the groundFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ bohrend see: bore sth., boredFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ sich bohrend see: bore, boredFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ langweilend, anödend see: bore sb., bored, bores, bored, I won't bore you with all the technical details., Too much text will bore the reader.From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ langweilig, fade, fad [Süddt.] [Ös.] , drögeFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][Mitteldt.] [Bayr.] "It is frightfully boring." - Es ist furchtbar langweilig. see: more boring, most boring, awfully boring
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ βαρετόςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]tylsä, ikävystyttävä causing boredom or tiredness
boring /bɔːriŋ/ 1. maussade 2. ennuyeuxFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. उबाऊ, नीरस "It's a boring job,I can't continue."
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ bušenje, bušotina, dosadan, dosadno, otužan, sumoranFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. unalmas 2. fúrás 3. talajfúrás 4. untatóFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ//From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]つまらない, 退屈, うんざり causing boredom or tiredness
boring /'bɔ:rıŋ/ 1. gręžimas 2. gręžinys 3. (perk.) įkyrėjimas 4. gręžiąs, gręžiamas 5. (perk.) įkyrus, nuobodusFrom English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
boring /bɔːriŋ/ 1. aborrecido, enfadonho 2. aborrecedor, fastidiosoFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
boring /bɔːriŋ/ aburridoFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]långtråkig causing boredom or tiredness
boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 1. sondaj, delme 2. delik 3. (çoğ.) delik açılırken cıkan moloz 4. can sıkıcı.From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:nld-deu ]
boring /boriŋ/ KaliberFrom Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:nld-eng ]
boring /boriŋ/ calibreFrom Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-spa ]
boring /bˈoːrɪŋ/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]1. perforación 1. het boren 2. calibre 2. kaliber, met name van een cilinder van een verbrandingsmotor
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbɔɹɪŋ/
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "boring": acupunctuation, acupuncture, arid, bore, boresome, broach, dead, drab, dreary, drill hole, drudging, dry, dull, empiercement, exhausting, fatiguing, fixing, flat, goring, gray, humdrum, impalement, irksome, lancing, long-drawn-out, monotonous, penetration, perforation, piercing, pricking, prolix, punching, puncture, puncturing, repetitious, repetitive, same, samely, skewering, soporific, stale, stupefyingly boring, stuporific, tedious, terebration, tired, tiresome, tiring, transfixation, transfixion, transforation, trepanning, trephining, unending, unexciting, uninteresting, unrelieved, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, wordy, yawnyFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 烦人的,无聊的,无趣的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 烦人的,无聊的,无趣的