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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drill1 /drɪl/USA pronunciation n. - Building, Mechanical Engineering a tool with a cutting edge for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation:[countable]an electric drill.
- Military[uncountable]training in marching or other movements.
- [countable] any practice or exercise, esp. for emergencies:During the fire drill we all marched outside.
- any repetitive or mechanical training or exercise: [countable]a spelling drill.[uncountable]Latin lessons should be less drill and more fun.
- the correct or customary manner of proceeding:[countable]figuring out the family's drill for dinner.
v. - to pierce or bore a hole in (something) with a drill:[~ + object]The dentist drilled the cavity and filled it.
- to make (a hole) by penetrating or boring: [~ + object]The dentist drilled a hole in the tooth.[~ + into + object]The dentist drilled into my tooth and cleaned out the cavity.
- to penetrate deeply beneath the earth to search for deposits of a natural substance:[no object]drilling offshore for oil.
- to instruct and exercise (military trainees) in marching, etc.: [~ + object]The sergeant had drilled the men in his company well.[no object]The men had drilled all day and wanted a rest.
- to teach by strict repetition:[~ + object]The teacher drilled grammar and the multiplication tables every day.
- to train or rehearse (a person) in a discipline, etc., by guided repetition:[~ + object]The teacher drilled her students in the multiplication tables.
drill•er, n. [countable]drill2 /drɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a machine for sowing in rows and for covering the seeds when sown.
- Agriculturea row of seeds or plants sown this way.
drill3 /drɪl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Textilesa strong twilled fabric.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drill1 (dril),USA pronunciation n. - Building, Mechanical Engineering[Mach., Building Trades.]
- a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation.
- a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- Military
- training in formal marching or other precise military or naval movements.
- an exercise in such training:gun drill.
- any strict, methodical, repetitive, or mechanical training, instruction, or exercise:a spelling drill.
- the correct or customary manner of proceeding.
- Invertebratesa gastropod, Urosalpinx cinera, that bores holes in shellfish, as oysters.
v.t. - to pierce or bore a hole in (something).
- to make (a hole) by boring.
- Militaryto instruct and exercise in formation marching and movement, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard work.
- to impart (knowledge) by strict training, discipline, or repetition.
v.i. - Buildingto pierce or bore something with or as with a drill.
- to go through exercise in military or other training.
- Dutch dril (noun, nominal), drillen (verb, verbal)
- 1605–15
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See exercise.
drill2 (dril),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturea small furrow made in the soil in which to sow seeds.
- Agriculturea row of seeds or plants thus sown.
- a machine for sowing in rows and for covering the seeds when sown.
v.t. - Agricultureto sow (seed) in drills.
- Agricultureto sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills.
v.i. - Agricultureto sow seed in drills.
- compare drill rill, German Rille furrow, rillen to groove 1720–30
- Textilesa strong, twilled cotton fabric.
- short for drilling2 1735–45
- Mammalsa large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- 1635–45; of obscure origin, originally; compare mandrill
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