boring
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. To inspire boredom in somebody.
2. To make a hole through something.
3. To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
"An insect bores into a tree."
4. To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
"to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole"
5. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
"to bore one's way through a crowd"
6. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
"This timber does not bore well."
7. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
8. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
9. To fool; to trick.
≠ Antonyms
1. A pit or hole which has been bored.
2. Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
3. Any organism that bores into a hard surface
1. Causing boredom; unable to engage or hold the interest.
"What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep."
2. Used, or designed to be used, to drill holes.
"boring equipment"
3. Capable of penetrating; piercing.
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