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1. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
   - deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, unamusing, draggy

1. The act of drilling
   - drilling
    
2. The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
   - drilling, oil production

1. Cause to be bored
   - tire
    
2. Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
   "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
   - drill

Derived forms: borings

See also: borer, boringness, uninteresting

Type of: creating by removal, cut, production

Antonym: interest

Encyclopedia: Bore Bore, Eugene Bore, Italy