Definition of borings Borings

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What does borings mean?

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  • borings (Noun)
    Plural of boring.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: borings

boring - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
  drilling, oil production
  production (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production of all documents"
boring - the act of drilling
  drilling
  creating by removal the act of creating by removing something

Adjective

boring - 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"
  deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
  uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food"
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  • boring (Noun)
    A pit or hole which has been bored.
  • boring (Verb)
    Present participle of bore.
  • boring (Adjective)
    That which incites boredom in a person.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • boring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Bore
  • boring (n.)
    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.
  • boring (n.)
    A hole made by boring.
  • boring (n.)
    The chips or fragments made by boring.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • boring
    Causing boredom.
  • boring
    A pit or hole which has been bored.
  • boring
    Sad or hostile to the joy of others.

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  • boring, verb, gerund of bore (infinitive).
  • boring, noun, singular of borings.

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borings in sign language
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