What is the meaning of boring?

noun

• The act of drilling.
  • synonyms: drilling
• The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum.
  • synonyms: drilling, oil production

verb

• Cause to be bored.
  • synonyms: bore, tire
• Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
  • usage: "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
  • synonyms: bore, drill

adjective

• So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
  • usage: "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: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome