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drill::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bore |
| Type of | cut |
| Has types | spud, counter-drill, trepan |
| Derivation | drilling, electric drill |
don't drill here, there's a gas pipe.
drill a hole into the wall.
drill for oil.
drill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exercise, practice, practice session, recitation |
| Type of | grooming, preparation, training |
| Has types | rehearsal, manual, manual of arms, military drill, review, scrimmage, shadowboxing, target practice, brushup, dry run, fire drill |
drill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mandrillus leucophaeus |
| Type of | baboon |
drill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tool |
| Has types | auger, gimlet, bore bit, borer, brace and bit, breast drill, burr drill, core drill, dentist's drill, hand drill, handheld drill, power drill, reamer, rock drill, screw auger, stone drill, trepan, wimble |
drill::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | training, preparation, grooming |
Examples of drill
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South High senior Caitlin Sumpter practices a drill with fellow cadets Thursday.
From the kansas.com
On the field, he's a drill sergeant, demanding maximum effort from every player.
From the charlotteobserver.com
To get dependable assessments, corporations need to drill deep into the numbers.
From the businessweek.com
Lasers can be used to join, drill, structure, cut or shape any kind of material.
From the sciencedaily.com
For 10 weeks the drill instructors shaped the tatty platoon into smart soldiers.
From the express.co.uk
I am afraid that in our rush to repot it, we forgot to drill holes for drainage.
From the stltoday.com
A drill sergeant driving home picked them up a short distance from the barracks.
From the theatlantic.com
Parade units include bands, military formations and the high school drill teams.
From the stltoday.com
Some of the Lakers'practice was devoted to a relay race-like conditioning drill.
From the dailynews.com
- A tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
- Bore: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "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"
- Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
- Train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- Exercise: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- Learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
- A drill or drill motor is a tool fitted with a rotating cutting tool, usually a drill bit, used for drilling holes in various materials. The cutting tool is gripped by a chuck at one end of the drill and rotated while pressed against the target material. ...
- In agriculture and gardening, a drill is a shallow furrow in which seeds or bulbs are placed during seeding. ...
- Drill is the self-titled debut album by Drill, released on March 5, 1996. The lead singer, Lucia Cifarelli, went on to do vocals for MDFMK and KMFDM. The band broke up shortly after.
