[
UK
/dɹˈɪl/
]
[ US /ˈdɹɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹɪɫ/ ]
VERB
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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
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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
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systematic training by multiple repetitions
practice makes perfect
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.
- There is a variation I use when I'm drilling holes in drywall walls. Coffee Cup Keeps Your House Clean During Home Improvement Projects | Lifehacker Australia
- 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.