drill
/dril/
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Definition
Noun:
- A tool for making holes: A device, often powered, with a sharp rotating tip used to create holes in hard materials like wood, metal, or walls.
- Military or procedural training: A session of repeated, methodical practice or instruction, especially for soldiers or in learning a skill.
- A precise planting method: The act of sowing seeds in rows using a special machine, or the machine itself.
- A type of primate: A short-tailed African monkey (genus Mandrillus), similar to but smaller than a mandrill.
- A type of fabric: A strong, durable cotton cloth, often used for work clothes like uniforms.
Verb:
- To make a hole: To bore a hole using a drill or similar pointed tool.
- To train through repetition: To instruct or be instructed by means of repeated, systematic practice.
- To sow seeds in rows: To plant seeds using a drill machine that places them in furrows.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He used an electric drill to hang the picture. (Tool)
- The soldiers went out for morning drill on the parade ground. (Training)
- The farmer used a seed drill for planting the corn. (Planting machine)
Verb:
- The dentist will drill the tooth to remove the decay. (Make a hole)
- The coach drills the team on basic formations every practice. (Train by repetition)
- We need to drill these beans before the rain comes. (Sow in rows)
Advanced Usage
"Drill down": To examine something in increasing detail, often used in data analysis or discussions.
- The report allows you to drill down from national statistics to individual city data.
"Drill into": To instill an idea or habit through persistent repetition.
- The teacher drilled the safety procedures into the students.
Variants and Related Words
- Drill bit (n): The removable, pointed cutting part of a drill.
- Drill sergeant (n): A non-commissioned officer who trains recruits in the military.
- Drill hall (n): A building used for military training and exercises.
- Drilling (n/gerund): The action or process of making holes or training.
Synonyms
- Practice (v/n): To perform an activity repeatedly to gain skill; a session of such activity.
- Bore (v): To make a hole, especially with a rotating tool.
- Train (v): To teach a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior through practice.
- Exercise (n): A task or activity done to practice or test a skill.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Drill in/into: To teach something thoroughly by constant repetition.
- The formula was drilled into us until we could recite it perfectly.
Drill through: To make a hole that passes completely through a material.
- Be careful not to drill through the water pipe.
Related Idioms
"Know the drill": To be familiar with the standard procedure or what is expected in a situation.
- You've been here before, so you know the drill—sign in and wait for your name to be called.
"Drill it home": To emphasize a point very strongly to ensure it is understood.
- The manager drilled home the importance of customer service during the meeting.
Noun
- (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- practice makes perfect
- similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
- a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
Verb
- undergo military training or do military exercises
- teach by repetition
- learn by repetition
- We drilled French verbs every day
- Pianists practice scales
- train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- 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