boring in WordNet English dictionary

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

1. 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"
   boring  deadening  dull  ho-hum  irksome  slow  tedious  tiresome  wearisome