(~s, boring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone or something ~s you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
Dickie ~d him all through the meal with stories of the Navy...
Life in the country ~s me.
VERB: V n with n, V n
2.
If someone or something ~s you to tears, ~s you to death, or ~s you stiff, they ~ you very much indeed. (INFORMAL)
...a handsome engineer who ~d me to tears with his tales of motorway maintenance...
PHRASE: V inflects emphasis
3.
You describe someone as a ~ when you think that they talk in a very uninteresting way.
There is every reason why I shouldn’t enjoy his company–he’s a ~ and a fool.
N-COUNT
4.
You can describe a situation as a ~ when you find it annoying.
It’s a ~ to be sick, and the novelty of lying in bed all day wears off quickly.
= drag
N-SING: a N
5.
If you ~ a hole in something, you make a deep round hole in it using a special tool.
Get the special drill bit to ~ the correct-size hole for the job.
VERB: V n
6.
Bore is the past tense of bear .
7.
see also ~d , boring