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boring
Overview of noun boring
The noun boring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. drilling, boring -- (the act of drilling)
2. boring, drilling, oil production -- (the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum)
Overview of verb bore
The verb bore has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) bore, tire -- (cause to be bored)
2. (4) bore, drill -- (make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil")
Overview of adj boring
The adj boring has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boring
2 senses of boring
Sense 1
drilling, boring
=> creating by removal
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
boring, drilling, oil production
=> production
=> industry, manufacture
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun boring
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boring
2 senses of boring
Sense 1
drilling, boring
=> creating by removal
Sense 2
boring, drilling, oil production
=> production
Antonyms of noun boring
Member Holonyms of noun boring
Substance Holonyms of noun boring
Part Holonyms of noun boring
Member Meronyms of noun boring
Substance Meronyms of noun boring
Part Meronyms of noun boring
Meronyms of noun boring
Holonyms of noun boring
Attributes of noun boring
Derived Forms of noun boring
Domain of noun boring
Domain Terms of noun boring
Familiarity of noun boring
boring used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun boring
2 senses of boring
Sense 1
drilling, boring
> creating by removal
=> excavation, digging, dig
=> carving, cutting
=> drilling, boring
=> gouge
=> film editing, cutting
Sense 2
boring, drilling, oil production
> production
=> mass production
=> overproduction, overrun
=> underproduction
=> output, yield
=> capacity
=> breeding
=> brewing
=> cultivation
=> generation
=> mining, excavation
=> quarrying
=> boring, drilling, oil production
=> sericulture
Meronyms of noun boring
2 senses of boring
Sense 2
boring, drilling, oil production
=> production
=> industry, manufacture
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
HAS PART: business activity, commercial activity
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
HAS PART: transportation, shipping, transport
Holonyms of noun boring
Grep of noun boring
boring
boringness
Antonyms of verb bore
1 of 2 senses of bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
Antonym of interest (Sense 1)
=>interest
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bore
2 senses of bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
Sense 2
bore, drill
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bore
1 of 2 senses of bore
Sense 2
bore, drill
=> spud
=> counter-drill
=> trepan
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bore
2 senses of bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
Sense 2
bore, drill
=> cut
'Cause To' of verb bore
Derived Forms of verb bore
2 senses of bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
RELATED TO>(noun) bore#1
=> bore, dullard
Sense 2
bore, drill
RELATED TO>(noun) bore#3
=> bore, gauge, caliber, calibre
RELATED TO>(noun) bore#4
=> bore, bore-hole, drill hole
RELATED TO>(noun) borer#1
=> bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill
RELATED TO>(noun) borer#2
=> woodborer, borer
Domain of verb bore
Domain Terms of verb bore
Familiarity of verb bore
bore used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb bore
2 senses of bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
EX: The performance is likely to bore Sue
Sense 2
bore, drill
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bore
1 of 2 senses of bore
Sense 2
bore, drill
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bore
Sense 1
bore, tire
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Sense 2
bore, drill
=> cut
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Grep of verb bore
bore
Antonyms of adj boring
1 sense of boring
Sense 1
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting
Similarity of adj boring
1 sense of boring
Sense 1
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
=> uninteresting (vs. interesting)
Pertainyms of adj boring
Attributes of adj boring
Domain of adj boring
Domain Terms of adj boring
Familiarity of adj boring
boring used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj boring
boring
laboring
neighboring
Grep of adv boring
boringly
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