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drill

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[dril]

noun

  1. Machinery, Building Trades.

    1. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.

    2. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.

  2. Military.

    1. training in formal marching or other precise military or naval movements.

    2. an exercise in such training.

      gun drill.

  3. any strict, methodical, repetitive, or mechanical training, instruction, or exercise.

    a spelling drill.

  4. the correct or customary manner of proceeding.

  5. Also called snail bore.a gastropod, Urosalpinx cinera, that bores holes in shellfish, as oysters.



verb (used with object)

  1. to pierce or bore a hole in (something).

  2. to make (a hole) by boring.

  3. Military.to instruct and exercise (military trainees) in formation marching and movement, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard duty.

  4. to impart (knowledge) by strict training, discipline, or repetition.

  5. to train or rehearse (a person or group) in a subject, discipline, etc., by guided repetition, quizzing, and other techniques.

verb (used without object)

  1. to pierce or bore something with or as with a drill.

  2. to penetrate deeply beneath the ground or the seafloor with specialized machinery to search for deposits or reservoirs of a natural substance.

    to drill for oil.

  3. to go through exercise in military or other training.

verb phrase

    1. Computersto move through a hierarchical system in order to view data at a lower level, as to find a specific file or database record.

    2. to access and examine something more thoroughly or in more detail.

      Now that you have the big picture, let’s drill down to some technical facts and statistics.

drill

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[dril]

noun

  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.

verb (used with object)

  1. to sow (seed) in drills.

  2. to sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills.

verb (used without object)

  1. to sow seed in drills.

drill

3

[dril]

noun

  1. a strong, twilled cotton fabric.

drill

4

[dril]

noun

  1. a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.

drill

1

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a rotating tool that is inserted into a drilling machine or tool for boring cylindrical holes

  2. a hand tool, either manually or electrically operated, for drilling holes

  3. military

    1. training in procedures or movements, as for ceremonial parades or the use of weapons

    2. ( as modifier )

      drill hall

  4. strict and often repetitious training or exercises used as a method of teaching

  5. informalcorrect procedure or routine

  6. a marine gastropod mollusc, Urosalpinx cinera, closely related to the whelk, that preys on oysters

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verb

  1. to pierce, bore, or cut (a hole) in (material) with or as if with a drill

    to drill a hole

    to drill metal

  2. to instruct or be instructed in military procedures or movements

  3. (tr) to teach by rigorous exercises or training

  4. informal(tr) to hit (a ball) in a straight line at great speed

  5. informal(tr) to riddle with bullets

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

drill

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a machine for planting seeds in rows or depositing fertilizer

  2. a small furrow in which seeds are sown

  3. a row of seeds planted using a drill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to plant (seeds) by means of a drill

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drill

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth, used for uniforms, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

drill

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/ ɪ /

noun

  1. an Old World monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, related to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloured

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • drillable adjective
  • drillability noun
  • driller noun
  • undrillable adjective
  • ˈ noun
  • ˈ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of drill1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Dutch dril (noun), drillen (verb)

Origin of drill2

First recorded in 1720–30; compare drill “rill,” German Rille “fܰǷ,” rillen “to groove”

Origin of drill3

First recorded in 1735–45; short for drilling 2

Origin of drill4

First recorded in 1635–45; of obscure origin; mandrill
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of drill1

C17: from Middle Dutch drillen; related to Old High German to turn

Origin of drill2

C18: of uncertain origin; compare German Rille furrow

Origin of drill3

C18: variant of German Drillich, from Latin ٰī, from tri- + īܳ thread

Origin of drill4

C17: from a West African word; compare mandrill
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Representatives of the property management company milled a block away holding drills.

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“I don’t want it to be drilled in,” he says.

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Some don’t like what they describe as “drill and kill” phonics lessons that teach letter sounds and decoding.

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“The drills we do now, I don’t know if anybody else can make them look as easy as he now does,” Woodward added.

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But then came the replay: Randazzo had ducked and covered as if he were doing an earthquake drill, before safely retrieving the ball after it had landed.

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What else does drill mean?

In music and pop culture, drill is a style of hip-hop known for grim, violent lyrics and gritty, intense beats. Drawing on Southern rap, drill originated in Chicago in the 2010s and influenced, among others, a UK style of hip-hop known as UK drill.What are some other words related to drill?



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  • mumble rap


  • trap music


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