boring

From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɹɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

boring (plural borings)

1. A pit or hole which has been bored.
   • 1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, p. 191:

     It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.

2. Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
3. Any organism that bores into a hard surface

boring

1. present participle of bore

boring (comparative more boring, superlative most boring)

1. Causing boredom; unable to engage or hold the interest.

   What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.

• dull, mind-numbing (colloquial), tedious
• See also Thesaurus:boring

• boringly
• boringness

• bore
• bored
• boredom

• orbing, robing

From the verb bore (“drill”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oːɐ̯eŋ]

boring c (singular definite boringen, plural indefinite boringer)

1. drill hole
2. drilling

From boren +‎ -ing.

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ring

boring f (plural boringen, diminutive borinkje n)

1. drilling

   offshoreboring — offshore drilling

2. bore of a car's cylinder or canon