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    [Adjective]  | "bor*ing" | \ ˈbȯr-iŋ \


    1: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome

    Origin: 1785 ;

     From present participle of {see: |bore:6|bore:6};

    [Adjective]  | "wood-bor*ing" | \ ˈwu̇d-ˌbȯr-iŋ \


    1: excavating galleries in wood in feeding or in constructing a nest —used chiefly of an insect

    Origin: 1815 ;

    [Verb]  | "bore" | \ ˈbȯr \


    1: to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool

    2: to make by boring or digging away material

    3: to make a hole by or as if by boring

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English boren, going back to Old English borian, going back to Germanic *bur-ō- (whence Old High German borōn "to pierce," Old Norse bora), probably verbal derivative of a noun base bur- "tool for piercing" (whence Old English bor "chiseling instrument," Old High German bora); akin to Latin forāre "to bore," ferīre "to strike";

    [Verb]  | "bore" 


    1: to cause to feel weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : to cause to feel boredom

    Origin: 1768 ;

     Perhaps verbal derivative of {see: |bore:5|bore:5} if the noun is earlier ;

      * Note : See note at {bore:5|bore:5}.;

    [Idiom]  | "as (something) as they come" 


    1: —used to describe someone or something as having a characteristic to the highest degree

    [Adjective]  | "boring" 


    1: causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest;


      * e.g., " ... I wish this book weren't so boring; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it "




    [Verb]  | "boring" 


    1: to make a hole or series of holes in;


      * e.g., " ... some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard "



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    2: to force one's way;


      * e.g., " ... with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors "



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    [Verb]  | "boring" 


    1: to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous;


      * e.g., " ... the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death "




    [Verb]  | "bore" 


    1: to make a hole or series of holes in;


      * e.g., " ... some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard "



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    2: to force one's way;


      * e.g., " ... with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors "



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    [Verb]  | "bore" 


    1: to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous;


      * e.g., " ... the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death "




     [ "boring" ]

    1: The people who add serious definitions to words on Urban Dictionary.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe:I'm gonna add the definition of Niger. 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: zzzzzzzzzzz. Like sleeping but with eyes open. When your tired and everything's quiet and not fun.

      * e.g.,  ... expls; School,chatrooms,internet,books etc....... 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: to live in the state of New jersey there is not a thing to do in this state

      * e.g.,  ... i got to get out of this boring hellhole New jersey 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: Not amusing; agonizing.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop boring me with the ice capades and turn it back to the hockey game. 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: Girls who can only talk about the clothes they just bought and "how r u?".

      * e.g.,  ... A LOT OF GIRLS I'VE MET ARE BORING. PARIS HILTON 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: describes an English or history class in school

      * e.g.,  ... Horons English is so boring. 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: your life on mondays

      * e.g.,  ... my life is so BORING. I'm gonna jump off a cliff then grab my guts and eat them, then im gonna wait for them to come out then I'm gonna eat them again. 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: A word that teenagers use to describe where ever they live usually followed by the phrase, "I want to get out of this hellhole." Most of the time this word is used to detour you from the fact that it is only the person speaking it that is boring and that regardless of whether they moved or not, they're still going to lead a miserable life.

      * e.g.,  ... Dullard: Man, NYC is soo boring! There's nothing to do around here, I wish I could just get out of this hellhole. 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: lacking fun, tedious, monotonous, events that cause drowsiness, causes person to doze off, lame, uninteresting, unfascinating, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... You've never seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail?! 

     [ "boring" ]

    1: opposite of BOOYAKA

      * e.g.,  ... "man, that wasn't BOOYAKA, infact it was boring" 

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