Found 5 items, similar to boring.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: boring
membosankan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: boring
bosan, membosankan, penggurdian
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: bor
anger, drill
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: boring
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]
boring
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Boring
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.
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I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
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He bores me with some trick. --Shak.
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Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
--Carlyle.
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5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
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I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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One of the most important applications of boring is
in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson.
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2. A hole made by boring.
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3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
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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.
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