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drill 1
(drĭl)n.
1.
a. An implement with cutting edges or a pointed end for boring holes in hard materials, usually by a rotating abrasion or repeated blows; a bit.
b. The hand-operated or hand-powered holder for this implement.
c. A loud, harsh noise made by or as if by a powered tool of this kind.
2.
a. Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.
b. A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition: conducted an air-raid drill; a drill for learning the multiplication tables.
3. The training of soldiers in marching and the manual of arms.
4. Any of various marine gastropod mollusks, chiefly of the genus Urosalpinx, that bore holes into the shells of bivalve mollusks. U. cinera is destructive to oysters.
v. drilled, drill·ing, drills
v.tr.
1.
a. To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill: a bit for drilling masonry.
b. To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill: drills holes in trees with its chisellike bill.
2. To strike or hit sharply: The batter drilled a single through the infield.
3.
a. To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure: drill pupils in grammar.
b. To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction: drilled the correct spellings into the students' heads. See Synonyms at teach.
4. To train (soldiers) in marching and the manual of arms.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To make a hole with or as if with a drill.
2. To perform a training exercise.
drill down
To view data or other information at a more detailed level: business software that allows users to drill down from annual to monthly sales figures.
[Obsolete Dutch dril, from drillen, to bore, from Middle Dutch drillen; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]
drill′er n.
drill 2
(drĭl)n.
1. A shallow trench or furrow in which seeds are planted.
2. A row of planted seeds.
3. A machine or implement for planting seeds in holes or furrows.
tr.v. drilled, drill·ing, drills
1. To sow (seeds) in rows.
2. To plant (a field) in drills.
[Perhaps from drill, rill, from Middle English drille, sip.]
drill 3
(drĭl)n.
Durable cotton or linen twill of varying weights, generally used for work clothes.
[Short for drilling, alteration of German Drillich, from Middle High German drilich, threefold, fabric woven with three threads, from Old High German drilīh, alteration (influenced by drī, three, -līh, adj. suff.) of Latin trilīx, triple-twilled; see trellis.]
drill 4
(drĭl)n.
A large monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) of west-central African forests, having an olive brown body and a brightly colored face and resembling the mandrill.
[Possibly of West African origin.]
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drill
(drɪl)n
1. (Tools) a rotating tool that is inserted into a drilling machine or tool for boring cylindrical holes
2. (Tools) a hand tool, either manually or electrically operated, for drilling holes
3. (Military) military
a. training in procedures or movements, as for ceremonial parades or the use of weapons
b. (as modifier): drill hall.
4. (Education) strict and often repetitious training or exercises used as a method of teaching
5. informal correct procedure or routine
6. (Animals) a marine gastropod mollusc, Urosalpinx cinera, closely related to the whelk, that preys on oysters
vb
7. (Tools) to pierce, bore, or cut (a hole) in (material) with or as if with a drill: to drill a hole; to drill metal.
8. (Military) to instruct or be instructed in military procedures or movements
9. (Education) (tr) to teach by rigorous exercises or training
10. (General Sporting Terms) (tr) informal to hit (a ball) in a straight line at great speed
11. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) informal to riddle with bullets
[C17: from Middle Dutch drillen; related to Old High German drāen to turn]
ˈdrillable adj
ˈdriller n
drill
(drɪl)n
1. (Agriculture) a machine for planting seeds in rows or depositing fertilizer
2. (Horticulture) a small furrow in which seeds are sown
3. (Agriculture) a row of seeds planted using a drill
vb
(Agriculture) to plant (seeds) by means of a drill
[C18: of uncertain origin; compare German Rille furrow]
ˈdriller n
drill
(drɪl) ordrilling
n
(Textiles) a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth, used for uniforms, etc
[C18: variant of German Drillich, from Latin trilīx, from tri- + līcium thread]
drill
(drɪl)n
(Animals) an Old World monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, related to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloured
[C17: from a West African word; compare mandrill]
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drill1
(drɪl)n.
1.
a. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation.
b. a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
2. Mil.
a. training in formal marching or other precise military or naval movements.
b. an exercise in such training.
3.
a. any practice or exercise in marching.
b. any strict, methodical, repetitive, or mechanical training, instruction, or exercise: a spelling drill.
4. the correct or customary manner of proceeding.
5. a gastropod mollusk, Urosalpinx cinera, that bores holes in bivalves.
v.t. 6. to pierce or bore a hole in (something); penetrate or excavate with a drill.
7. to make (a hole) by boring.
8.
a. to instruct and exercise (military trainees) in formation marching, in the carrying and handling of arms, etc.
b. to train or rehearse (any group) in formation marching.
9. to impart (knowledge) by strict discipline or repetition.
10. to train or rehearse (a person or group) in a subject, discipline, etc., by guided repetition, quizzing, and other techniques.
v.i. 11. to pierce, bore, or excavate something with or as if with a drill.
12. to penetrate deeply beneath the ground or the sea floor with specialized machinery to search for deposits or reservoirs of a natural substance: to drill for oil.
13. to go through exercise in military or other training.
[1605–15; < Dutch dril (n.), drillen (v.)]
drill′er, n.
drill2
(drɪl)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.
v.t. 4. to sow (seed) in drills.
5. to sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills.
v.i. 6. to sow seed in drills.
[1720–30; of uncertain orig.]
drill3
(drɪl)n.
a strong twilled cotton fabric.
[1735–45; short for drilling2]
drill4
(drɪl)n.
a large baboon, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, smaller and less brightly colored than the closely related mandrill.
[1635–45; of obscure orig.; compare mandrill]
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drill
Past participle: drilled
Gerund: drilling
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drill
A method of sowing seed in rows in well prepared soil by creating a narrow furrow using the corner of a hoe or other tool and sowing seed thinly in the bottom of the furrow.
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Grain Drill
An implement for planting small-grain seed. Several streams of seed are dropped down separate tubes into narrow individual furrows made by small shovels or discs just ahead of the seed tubes. The name “drill” originated from these streams of seed and an old meaning of the word, drill, which was “to trickle or dribble.” Drill sizes varied from one-horse models through the two-horse size up to four- and six-horse models that could plant about twelve feet at a time. The drill dates back in crude form to at least 1600 a.d. and was introduced into the U.S. from England around 1840.
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| Noun | 1. |  drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)bit - the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit" brace and bit - a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it breast drill - a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work chuck - a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill core drill - a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole burr drill, dentist's drill - a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth hand drill, handheld drill - a small portable drill held and operated by hand power drill - a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials reamer - a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation trepan - a drill for cutting circular holes around a center |
| 2. |  drill - similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloredbaboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles | |
| 3. | drill - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire manual of arms, manual - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons rehearsal - (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory dry run, rehearsal - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" scrimmage - (American football) practice play between a football team's squads shadowboxing - sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training) target practice - practice in shooting at targets | |
| 4. | drill - (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| Verb | 1. | drill - 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" spud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April" counter-drill - drill in an opposite direction trepan - cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. | drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons | |
| 3. | drill - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" | |
| 4. | drill - teach by repetition | |
| 5. | drill - undergo military training or do military exercises |
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drill
noun
1. bit, borer, brace, gimlet, rotary tool, boring tool pneumatic drills
2. training, exercise, work-out, discipline, instruction, preparation, repetition, square-bashing (informal) A local army base teaches them military drill.
verb
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drill
nounverb
1. To subject to or engage in forms of exertion in order to train, strengthen, or condition:
2. To instruct in a body of doctrine or belief:
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Translations
vrtačkavrtatvýcvikvrtákcvičení
borboreboremaskineeksercereeksercits
poraporataporanteräharjoitellaharjoitus
bušilicabušiti
gyakorlatozásgyakorlatozikkatonai gyakorlatbesulykolfúr
æfaboraborvél, borheræfing
ドリル穴をあける
...에 구멍을 뚫다드릴
grąžtasgręžtimuštruotipratimaitreniruotė
apmācībaapmācītierindas mācībatrenēttrenēties
vŕtať
svedervrtati
borrborra
เจาะสว่าน
khoanmáy khoanthực hành
drill
1 [drɪl]A. N
1. (for wood, metal) → taladradora f, taladro m; (= bit) → broca f (Min) (for oil etc) → barrena f, perforadora f; (= dentist's drill) → fresa f; (= pneumatic drill) → martillo m neumático
2. (Agr) (= furrow) → surco m; (= machine) → sembradora f
B. VT [+ wood, road] → taladrar, perforar; [+ tooth] → agujerear; [+ oil well] → perforar (Agr) → sembrar con sembradora
he drilled a hole in the wall → hizo or taladró un agujero en la pared
he drilled a hole in the wall → hizo or taladró un agujero en la pared
C. VI → perforar (for en busca de)
drill
2 [drɪl]A. N (= exercises) (Mil) → instrucción f (Scol) → ejercicios mpl
fire drill → simulacro m de incendio
you all know the drill → todos sabéis lo que hay que hacer
what's the drill? → ¿qué es lo que tenemos que hacer?
fire drill → simulacro m de incendio
you all know the drill → todos sabéis lo que hay que hacer
what's the drill? → ¿qué es lo que tenemos que hacer?
B. VT [+ soldiers] → ejercitar
to drill pupils in grammar → hacer ejercicios de gramática con los alumnos
to drill good manners into a child → enseñar buenos modales a un niño
I had it drilled into me as a boy → me lo inculcaron de niño
to drill pupils in grammar → hacer ejercicios de gramática con los alumnos
to drill good manners into a child → enseñar buenos modales a un niño
I had it drilled into me as a boy → me lo inculcaron de niño
C. VI (Mil) → hacer instrucción
drill
3 [drɪl] N (= fabric) → dril mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
drill
[ˈdrɪl] n
(= tool) (also electric drill) → perceuse f électrique (also pneumatic drill) → marteau-piqueur m
(= bit) → foret m
(MILITARY) → exercice m
(to prepare for emergency) → exercice m
(= language practice) → exercice m de répétition
vt
(= bore) [+ hole] → percer
[+ soldiers] → faire faire l'exercice à
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
drill
:drill bit
n → Bit nt, → Bohrspitze f
drilldriver, drill driver
n → Bohrschrauber m
drill ground
n → Exerzierplatz m
drill
1n (for metal, wood, oil, dentist’s) → Bohrer m
vi → bohren; to drill for oil → nach Öl bohren; have they started drilling yet? → haben sie schon mit den Bohrungen angefangen?
drill
2n
no pl (esp Mil, also fig) → Drill m; (= marching etc) → Exerzieren nt; we get drill every morning → jeden Morgen müssen wir exerzieren
(in grammar etc) → Drillübung f; pattern drill → Patterndrill m
vt
soldiers → drillen; (in marching etc) → exerzieren
manners were drilled into me as a child → man hat mir als Kind gute Manieren eingedrillt (inf); I drilled into him that … → ich habe es ihm eingebläut, dass … (inf)
vi (Mil) → gedrillt werden; (marching etc) → exerzieren
drill
3 (Agr)n
(= furrow) → Furche f
(= machine) → Drillmaschine f
vt → drillen
drill
4n (Tex) → Drillich m
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drill
1 [drɪl]1. n (for wood, metal, dentist's drill) → trapano; (in mine, quarry) → perforatrice f; (in oilfield) → trivella; (pneumatic drill) → martello pneumatico
3. vi to drill (for) → fare trivellazioni (alla ricerca di)
drill
2 [drɪl]1. n (Scol) (exercises) → esercizi mpl (Mil) → esercitazione f
2. vt (soldiers) → esercitare, addestrare; (pupils, in grammar) → fare esercitare, far fare esercizi a
to drill good manners into a child → fare entrare la buona educazione in testa a un bambino
to drill good manners into a child → fare entrare la buona educazione in testa a un bambino
3. vi (Mil) → fare esercitazioni
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
drill
(dril) verb1. 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.
noun1. 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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drill
→ مِثْقَب, يَثْقُبُ vrtačka, vrtat bor, bore bohren, Bohrer τρυπάνι, τρυπώ taladrar, taladro pora, porata percer, perceuse bušilica, bušiti trapanare, trapano ドリル, 穴をあける ...에 구멍을 뚫다, 드릴 boor, boren drill, drille wiertło, wywiercać broca, furadeira, furar дрель, сверлить borr, borra เจาะ, สว่าน delmek, matkap khoan, máy khoan 电钻, 钻Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
drill
n. taladro; [dentistry] fresa.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
drill
(dent) n torno, taladro; vt perforarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.