Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Boring}.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan.
   bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to
   plow, Zend bar. [root]91.]
   1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an
      auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round
      hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank.

            I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or
      apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel;
      to bore a hole.

            Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the
            insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical
            passage through the most solid wood.  --T. W.
                                                  Harris.

   3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as,
      to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and
      difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I
      bored.'' --Gay.

   4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
      trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

            He bores me with some trick.          --Shak.

            Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
                                                  --Carlyle.

   5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]

            I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
            Baffled and bored, it seems.          --Beau. & Fl.

Boring \Bor"ing\, n.
   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. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.

   {Boring bar}, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or
      more cutting tools for dressing round holes.

   {Boring tool} (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a
      cutter head to dress round holes. --Knight.

Source : WordNet®

boring
     adj : 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" [syn: {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum},
            {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]

boring
     n 1: the act of drilling [syn: {drilling}]
     2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
        producing petroleum [syn: {drilling}, {oil production}]