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Look up: boring

  1. Boring
    Capable of penetrating a solid substratum by scraping or chemical dissolution
    Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo

  2. boring
    [adj] - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness 2. [n] - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. boring
    enlarging a previously produced hole to a larger diameter Category: Mechanical engineering • increasing the diameter of a hole over its full length or depth Category: Mechanical engineering • enlarging a bore on a lathe with rotating workpiece and non rotating axially moved tool Category: Mechanical engineering • holes or bores that are drilled in the ground ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Boring
    Bor'ing noun 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. plural The chips or fragments mad ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/81

  5. boring
    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. The chips or fragments made by boring. Boring bar, a revolving or ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. boring
    deadening adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. boring
    drilling noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Boring
    • (n.) The chips or fragments made by 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. • (n.) A hole made by boring. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bore
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. boring
    (from the article `hand tool`) A varied terminology is related to making holes with revolving tools. A hole may be drilled or bored; awls, gimlets, and augers also produce holes. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/95

  10. boring
    boring Charm-free.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. boring
    1. the act of drilling
    2. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
    3. drill a hole into

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