drill

[ UK /dɹˈɪl/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹɪɫ/ ]

VERB

make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall
drill a hole into the wall
don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
drill for oil
teach by repetition
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
learn by repetition
Pianists practice scales
We drilled French verbs every day
undergo military training or do military exercises

NOUN

a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
systematic training by multiple repetitions
practice makes perfect

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How To Use drill In A Sentence

Because wheat emerges so quickly, weeds must be killed before drilling using tillage or contact herbicides.
But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
Phase I called for dewatering and rehabilitating the No.6 shaft, sinking the shaft to the 45th level, cutting seven level stations, and diamond drilling the conglomerate bed.
Drill a hole in each corner.
Ed would drill by hand and blast away the rock, exposing the pegmatite.
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It is important not to use conventional chucks for hammer drilling.
Many companies will be involved in the project from construction contractors to drillers to transportation firms.
Perry, in a fishing jacket, moving like a marionette that swallowed a pneumatic drill.
Why the company didn't drill and tap the new model for both standard receiver and tang sights, defeats me.

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