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   drill

   /drɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a tool or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes. Similar drilling toolboring toolrotary toolauger(brace and) bitgimletawlbradawl
   • ▪ a tool with a rotating tip used by a dentist for cutting away part of a tooth before filling it.
   • 2. instruction or training in military exercises: "parade-ground drill" Similar traininginstructioncoachingteachinggrounding(physical) exercisesworkoutdisciplineinformal:square-bashing
   • ▪ intensive instruction or training in something, typically by means of repeated exercises: "tables can be mastered by drill and practice"
   • ▪ a rehearsal of the procedure to be followed in an emergency: "air-raid drills"
   • ▪ the correct or recognized procedure or way of doing something: informal "he didn't know the drill" Similar procedureroutinepracticepatternregimenprogrammeschedulemethodsystemcustomorder
   • 3. a predatory mollusc that bores into the shells of other molluscs in order to feed on the soft tissue.

   verb

   • 1. produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill: "drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins"
   • ▪ make a hole in (something) by boring with a drill: "a power tool for drilling wood"
   • ▪ make a hole in or through something by using a drill: "do not attempt to drill through a joist" Similar bore a hole inmake a hole incut a hole indrill a hole inborepiercepuncturepenetrateperforatesinkOpposite punchgouge
   • ▪ sink a borehole in order to obtain oil or water: "BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area" Similar bore a hole inmake a hole incut a hole indrill a hole inborepiercepuncturepenetrateperforatesinkOpposite punchgouge
   • ▪ (of a dentist) cut away part of (a tooth) before filling it: "I didn't like having my teeth drilled, but extractions were worse"
   • ▪ (of a sports player) hit (a shot) hard and in a straight line: informal "he drilled a right-foot volley into the back of the net"
   • 2. subject (someone) to military training exercises: "a sergeant was drilling new recruits" Similar traininstructcoachteachgroundinculcatedisciplineexercisemake fitrehearseput someone through their paces
   • ▪ (of a person) take part in military training exercises: "the troops were drilling"
   • ▪ instruct (someone) in something by the means of repeated exercises or practice: "I reacted instinctively because I had been drilled to do just that"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. driller noun

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   What does drilled mean?

   • 1. to make (a hole) with a drill. He drilled holes in the wood; to drill for oil. 2. (of soldiers etc) to exercise or be exercised. The soldiers drilled every morning. 1. a tool for making holes. a hand-drill; an electric drill. 2. exercise or practice, especially of soldiers. We do half-an-hour of drill after tea.

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   What is a drill used for?

   • 1. a tool for making holes. a hand-drill; an electric drill. 2. exercise or practice, especially of soldiers. We do half-an-hour of drill after tea. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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   What does a drill mean?

   • A drill is a way that teachers teach their students something by making them repeat it many times. The teacher runs them through a drill–the days of the week, the weather and some counting. If you drill people, you teach them to do something by making them repeat it many times. He drills the choir to a high standard. [VERB noun]

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   What does a driller mean?

   • drill′er, n. n. 1. a small furrow made in the soil in which to sow seeds. 2. a row of seeds or plants thus sown. 3. a machine for sowing in rows and for covering the seeds when sown. 4. to sow (seed) in drills.

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   drill: [verb] to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction. to impart or communicate by repetition. to train or exercise in military drill.

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   Drill definition: a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.. See examples of DRILL used in a sentence.

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   Define drill. drill synonyms, drill pronunciation, drill translation, English dictionary definition of drill. n. 1. a. An implement with cutting edges or a pointed ...

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   18 meanings: 1. a rotating tool that is inserted into a drilling machine or tool for boring cylindrical holes 2. a hand tool,.... Click for more definitions.

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   DRILL definition: 1. a tool or machine for making holes in a hard substance: 2. a teaching method in which students…. Learn more.