Boring may refer to:
*Something that causes
boredom
In conventional usage, boredom, ennui, or tedium is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occup ...
Engineering and science
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Boring (earth)
Boring is drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the Earth. It is used for various applications in geology, agriculture, hydrology, civil engineering, and mineral exploration. Today, most Earth drilling serves one of the following purposes:
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, drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the earth
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Tunnel boring machine
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. They may also be used for microtunneling. They can be designed to bore throu ...
, a machine used in boring tunnels
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Boring (manufacturing)
In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast) by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), such as in boring a gun barrel or an engine cylinder. Bo ...
, enlarging a hole that has already been drilled
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Drilling
Drilling is a cutting process where a drill bit is spun to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is usually a rotary cutting tool, often multi-point. The bit is pressed against the work-piece and rotated at ...
, a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section
* Boring, a mechanism of
bioerosion
Bioerosion describes the breakdown of hard ocean substrates – and less often terrestrial substrates – by living organisms. Marine bioerosion can be caused by mollusks, polychaete worms, phoronids, sponges, crustaceans, echinoids, ...
Places
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Boring, Maryland
Boring is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located at the intersection of Old Hanover and Pleasant Grove Roads, approximately five miles (8 km) north of ...
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Boring, Oregon
Boring is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located along Oregon Route 212 in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range, approximately southeast of downtown Portland, and northeast of Oregon City. ...
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Boring Lava Field
The Boring Lava Field (also known as the Boring Volcanic Field) is a Plio-Pleistocene volcanic field with cinder cones, small shield volcanoes, and lava flows in the northern Willamette Valley of the U.S. state of Oregon and adjacent southwest ...
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Boring, Tennessee, U.S.
Other uses
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Boring (surname) Boring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alice Middleton Boring (1883–1955), American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist
*Edwin G. Boring (1886–1968), American experimental psychologist
* Floyd Boring (1915–2008), ...
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"Boring" (''The Young Ones''), an episode of ''The Young Ones''
* "Boring", a song by Pink from ''
Funhouse
A funhouse or fun house is an amusement facility found on amusement park and funfair midways and is where patrons encounter and interact with various devices designed to surprise, challenge, and amuse them. Unlike thrill rides or dark rides, f ...
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* "Boring (It's Too Late)", a song by Medina from ''
Forever
Forever or 4ever may refer to:
Film and television Films
* ''Forever'' (1921 film), an American silent film by George Fitzmaurice
* ''Forever'' (1978 film), an American made-for-television romantic drama
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Bore (disambiguation)
Bore or Bores often refer to:
*Boredom
* Drill
Relating to holes
* Boring (manufacturing), a machining process that enlarges a hole
** Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or a steam locomotive
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Bored (disambiguation)
Bored refers to a state of boredom.
Bored may also refer to:
* Bored (band), Australian punk rock band
* "Bored" (song), a 2017 song by Billie Eilish from the soundtrack album of ''13 Reasons Why''
* "Bored", a song by Death Angel from the alb ...
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Boredom (disambiguation)
Boredom, tedium, ennui, is an emotional or psychological state of mind.
Boredom may also refer to:
* Boredoms, a Japanese rock band
* Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighter, a 1979 biplane designed to resemble WWI fighters
* '' The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya ...
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Boreing (disambiguation) Boreing may refer to:
People
* Jeremy Boreing (born 1979), American director
* Vincent Boreing (1839–1903), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
Other
* Boreing, Kentucky, a community in the United States
See also
* Boring (disambiguation)
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Drilling (disambiguation)
Drilling is the cutting of a hole into a solid.
Drilling may also refer to:
* Boring (earth), cutting a hole into the earth
* Combination gun
A combination gun is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbor ...
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Earth-boring dung beetle
Geotrupidae (from Greek γῆ ''(gē)'', earth, and τρῡπητής ''(trȳpētēs)'', borer) is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called earth-boring dung beetles or dor beetles. Most excavate burrows in which ...
, a family of beetles that excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs
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The Boring Company
The Boring Company (TBC) is an American infrastructure and tunnel construction services company founded by Elon Musk. Its ongoing and proposed projects are designed for intra-city ("loop") transit systems.
After six years TBC has completed on ...
, designer of boring equipment
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David Boring
''David Boring'' is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes. It was serialized in issues #19–21 of Clowes's comic book '' Eightball'' and appeared in collected form from Pantheon Books in 2000.
The book depicts the misadventures ...
'', a graphic novel
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