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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Boring, OR
    Zip code(s): 97009

From 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 τρύπα

From 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 canon

From 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 canon

From 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 canon

From 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/
  vervelig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  الثّقب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ// 
  доса́ден, ску́чен
  causing boredom or tiredness

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vývrt

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vrtání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vyvrtávací

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vrtací

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  otvor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  nudný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vrtný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  Bohren  [techn.]
     Synonym: drilling
  
   see: percussion drilling, percussion drilling, trepanning drilling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  Bohrung , Bohren  [techn.]
           Note: Vorgang und Resultat
           Note: process and result

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  Bohrung  [geol.]
        "make a drilling / boring"  - eine Bohrung ausführen
        "rotary drilling / boring"  - drehende Bohrung, Rotary-Bohrung
        "percussive drilling / boring"  - schlagende Bohrung, Rammkern-Bohrung
     Synonym: drilling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  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 ground
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  bohrend
   see: bore sth., bored
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  sich bohrend
   see: bore, bored
  

From 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.] , dröge  [Mitteldt.]  [Bayr.]
        "It is frightfully boring."  - Es ist furchtbar langweilig.
   see: more boring, most boring, awfully boring
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  
  βαρετός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ// 
  tylsä, ikävystyttävä
  causing boredom or tiredness

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  boring /bɔːriŋ/
  1. maussade
  2. ennuyeux

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  1. उबाऊ, नीरस
        "It's a boring job,I can't continue."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  bušenje, bušotina, dosadan, dosadno, otužan, sumoran

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  boring /bˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  1. unalmas
  2. fúrás
  3. talajfúrás
  4. untató

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ// 
  つまらない, 退屈, うんざり
  causing boredom or tiredness

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  boring /'bɔ:rıŋ/
  1. gręžimas
  2. gręžinys
  3. (perk.) įkyrėjimas
  4. gręžiąs, gręžiamas
  5. (perk.) įkyrus, nuobodus

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  boring /bɔːriŋ/
  1. aborrecido, enfadonho
  2. aborrecedor, fastidioso

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  boring /bɔːriŋ/
  aburrido

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  boring //ˈbɔːɹɪŋ// 
  långtråkig
  causing boredom or tiredness

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  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/
  Kaliber 

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  boring /boriŋ/
  calibre

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  boring /bˈoːrɪŋ/ 
  1. perforación
  1. het boren
  2. calibre
  2. kaliber, met name van een cilinder van een verbrandingsmotor

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɔɹɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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, yawny
  
  

From 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

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