What does drill mean?
Definitions for drill
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Princeton's WordNet
drill(noun)
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus(noun)
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation(noun)
systematic training by multiple repetitions
"practice makes perfect"
drill(verb)
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
bore, drill(verb)
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"
drill(verb)
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
drill, exercise, practice, practise(verb)
learn by repetition
"We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
drill(verb)
teach by repetition
drill(verb)
undergo military training or do military exercises
Webster Dictionary
Drill(verb)
to pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(verb)
to train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(verb)
to practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self
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Drill(noun)
an instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
the act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar
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Drill(noun)
a marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea
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Drill(verb)
to cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum
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Drill(verb)
to sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(verb)
to entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on
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Drill(verb)
to cause to slip or waste away by degrees
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Drill(verb)
to trickle
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Drill(verb)
to sow in drills
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Drill(noun)
a small trickling stream; a rill
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
an implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
a light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
a row of seed sown in a furrow
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
a large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus)
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Drill(noun)
same as Drilling
Etymology: [Usually in pl.]
Freebase
Drill
A drill is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for drilling holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners. The attachment is gripped by a chuck at one end of the drill and rotated while pressed against the target material. The tip, and sometimes edges, of the cutting tool does the work of cutting into the target material. This may be slicing off thin shavings, grinding off small particles, crushing and removing pieces of the workpiece, countersinking, counterboring, or other operations. Drills are commonly used in woodworking, metalworking, construction and do-it-yourself projects. Specially designed drills are also used in medicine, space missions and other applications. Drills are available with a wide variety of performance characteristics, such as power and capacity.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drill
dril, v.t. to bore, pierce: to make with a drill: to exercise soldiers, pupils, &c.—to sow seeds, &c., in rows.—n. an instrument for boring stone, metal, teeth, or hard substances (not wood), actuated by a kind of bow, by a brace, or otherwise: a large boring instrument used in mining: a ridge with seed or growing plants on it (turnips, potatoes, &c.): the plants in such a row: the machine for sowing the seed in drill-husbandry.—ns. Drill′-bar′row, a grain-drill driven by hand; Drill′-har′row, a harrow for working between drills; Drill′-hus′bandry, the method of sowing seed in drills or rows; Drill′ing-machine′, Drill′ing-lathe, Drill′-press, machines for boring with a drill or drills; Drill′-mas′ter, one who teaches drill, one who trains in anything, esp. in a mechanical manner; Drill′-plough, a plough for sowing grain in drills; Drill′-ser′geant, a sergeant who drills soldiers. [Prob. borrowed from Dut. drillen, to bore; dril, drille, a borer.]
Drill
dril, n. a species of baboon found in Western Africa, resembling the mandrill, but smaller. [A contr. of mandrill.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
drill
Systematized instruction in the practice of all military exercises.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
drill
Is a general name for the exercises through which soldiers and sailors are passed, to qualify them for their duties. There are many varieties of drill,—that of the cavalry, infantry, and artillery,—all have different drills conformable to their different organizations.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drill' in Nouns Frequency: #2925
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drill' in Verbs Frequency: #1062
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drill in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of drill in a Sentence
We will still drill 265 wells and we're confident in their returns at current even $50 oil prices.
The cash register was invented to solve the basic pain points of running a business, like recording sales, our Register empowers sellers to drill into their business with sophisticated reporting tools to run and grow their business.
High School student Dakota Shrader:
I was in the history hallway, and as soon as we heard the alarms, everybody just started leaving, following the same procedure as...( a) practice fire drill, and next thing you know, we just hear... three gunshots, loud explosions, and all the teachers are telling us to run.
They were waving their three-point plans for $ 2-a-gallon gas, you remember that ? Drill, baby, drill. We were going through all that. And none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem.
There's a lot of drill and practice and just incredibly dull teaching.
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Translations for drill
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- тренировка, бургия, пробивам, обучавам се, строева подготовка, свредел, мандрил, габардин, бормашина, обучавам, сондирам, тренирамBulgarian
- foradar, perforarCatalan, Valencian
- vrtačka, vrtatCzech
- bor, dril, boreDanish
- Drill, bohren, schleifen, drillen, Bohrer, BohrmaschineGerman
- δράπανο, άσκηση, τρυπώ, εκπαιδεύω, γυμνάσιοGreek
- taladro, dril, simulacro, perforar, entrenar, taladradora, repetición, repetir, averiguarSpanish
- drillima, trell, trellpuurEstonian
- درلPersian
- harjoitella, harjoittaa, ''Urosalpinx'', äkseerätä, teroittaa, pamauttaa, porata, suodattaa, viekoitella, pora, drilli, istukka, vako, harjoitus, harjoite, noro, harjoituttaa, tähdentää, porautua, [[kylvää]] [[vakoon]], kylvää [[riviin]], kuluttaaFinnish
- rabâcher, approfondir, foreuse, drill, coutil, perceuse, exercice, entraînement, percer, entraîner, chignole, forerFrench
- drilleyManx
- מקדחה, קדח, תרגלHebrew
- fúrógép, gyakorlatozás, gyakorlatozik, besulykol, fúrHungarian
- borIcelandic
- trivellare, crivellare, scavare, esercitazione, punta, perforare, addestrare, addestrarsi, esercitare, esercitarsi, inculcare, trapano, trapanareItalian
- ドリル, 訓練Japanese
- ბურღიGeorgian
- terebra, transfigereLatin
- urbtLatvian
- hōrete, niho, ore, tūwiri, wiriMāori
- latihanMalay
- trapan, driller, goljaMaltese
- instampen, drillen, blokken, graven, borenDutch
- bor, drill, drille, terpe, bore, dypdykkeNorwegian
- wiertarka, wiertłoPolish
- furar, furadeira, perfurar, treinar, treinoPortuguese
- burghiu, sfredel, gauriRomanian
- дрель, дрил, тик, бормашина, сверли́ть, бури́ть, бур, муштра, обучать, строевая подготовка, вдалбливать, вдолбить, копать, бурав, коловорот, сверло, пёрка, муштровать, тренировать, тренировка, тренироваться, обучаться, копнутьRussian
- бушилица, bušilicaSerbo-Croatian
- vrtati, vrtalnik, izvrtatiSlovene
- turjelëAlbanian
- borrsväng, borra, träna, drilla, undersöka, borr, borrmaskin, drill, nötaSwedish
- kwataSwahili
- thực hànhVietnamese
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