| noun | the act of drilling |
| noun | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum |
| verb | cause to be bored |
| verb | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool “don't drill here, there's a gas pipe” |
| adjective | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain “a boring evening with uninteresting people” |
| drill | verb | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool |
| bore | noun | a person who evokes boredom |
| borer | noun | a drill for penetrating rock |
| drill | noun | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) |
| electric drill | noun | a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor |
| drilling | noun | the act of drilling |
| boringness | noun | extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest |
| dullness | noun | the quality of lacking interestingness |
| tedium | noun | the feeling of being bored by something tedious |
| tediousness | noun | dullness owing to length or slowness |
| tiresomeness | noun | dullness owing to length or slowness |