drill
v.
bore a hole; practice, train; sow seeds in rows
n.
tool for drilling holes; practice, training; furrow; seeding machine; row of seeds in a furrow
Drill
A drill is a
tool with a rotating
drill bit used for
drilling holes in various materials. Drills are commonly used in
woodworking and
metalworking. The drill bit is gripped by a chuck at one end of the drill, and is pressed against the target material and rotated. The tip of the drill bit does the work of cutting into the target material, slicing off thin shavings (twist drills or auger bits) or grinding off small particles (oil drilling).
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drill
Noun
1. a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(part-meronym) bit
(derivation) bore
2. similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
(synonym) Mandrillus leucophaeus
(hypernym) baboon
3. systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
(synonym) exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
(hypernym) training, preparation, grooming
(hyponym) fire drill
4. (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
(hypernym) training, preparation, grooming
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Verb
1. make a hole 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"
(synonym) bore
(hypernym) cut
(hyponym) spud
2. train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
(hypernym) train, develop, prepare, educate
3. learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
(synonym) exercise, practice, practise
(hypernym) learn, study, read, take
(derivation) exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
4. teach by repetition
(hypernym) teach, learn, instruct
(hyponym) hammer in, drill in, ram down, beat in
(derivation) exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
5. undergo military training or do military exercises
(hypernym) train, prepare
Drill (der)
n.
bull, harassment; foot drill, military exercise (Military); drill, tool for drilling holes
drillen
v.
drill, bore a hole; practice, train
Drill
(n.)
A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus).
(n.)
A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A row of seed sown in a furrow.
(n.)
A small trickling stream; a rill.
(n.)
An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.
(n.)
Same as Drilling.
(n.)
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.
(v. i.)
To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.
(v. i.)
To sow in drills.
(v. i.)
To trickle.
(v. t.)
To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.
(v. t.)
To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
(v. t.)
To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.
(v. t.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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