ALL meanings of drill
drill
D d - noun drill a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered. 1
- verb with object drill to sow (seed) in drills. 1
- verb with object drill to sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills. 1
- verb without object drill to sow seed in drills. 1
- noun drill tool: bores holes 1
- noun drill training exercise 1
- noun drill routine, procedure 1
- noun drill practice 1
- transitive verb drill bore: a hole 1
- transitive verb drill train 1
- intransitive verb drill bore a hole to extract: oil, water 1
- noun drill fabric 1
- noun drill furrow for seeds 1
- intransitive verb drill bore a hole 1
- intransitive verb drill carry out training exercise 1
- transitive verb drill instill 1
- noun drill A hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes. 1
- countable noun drill A drill is a tool or machine that you use for making holes. 0
- verb drill When you drill into something or drill a hole in something, you make a hole in it using a drill. 0
- verb drill When people drill for oil or water, they search for it by drilling deep holes in the ground or in the bottom of the sea. 0
- countable noun drill A drill is a way that teachers teach their students something by making them repeat it many times. 0
- verb drill If you drill people, you teach them to do something by making them repeat it many times. 0
- variable noun drill A drill is repeated training for a group of people, especially soldiers, so that they can do something quickly and efficiently. 0
- countable noun drill A drill is a routine exercise or activity, in which people practise what they should do in dangerous situations. 0
- uncountable noun drill Drill is thick cotton material which is used for making uniforms and trousers. 0
- countable noun drill A drill is a long line in the earth, a few centimetres deep, which a farmer or gardener makes to plant seeds in. 0
- noun drill a rotating tool that is inserted into a drilling machine or tool for boring cylindrical holes 0
- noun drill a hand tool, either manually or electrically operated, for drilling holes 0
- noun drill training in procedures or movements, as for ceremonial parades or the use of weapons 0
- noun drill (as modifier) 0
- noun drill strict and often repetitious training or exercises used as a method of teaching 0
- noun drill correct procedure or routine 0
- noun drill a marine gastropod mollusc, Urosalpinx cinera, closely related to the whelk, that preys on oysters 0
- verb drill to pierce, bore, or cut (a hole) in (material) with or as if with a drill 0
- verb drill to instruct or be instructed in military procedures or movements 0
- verb drill to teach by rigorous exercises or training 0
- verb drill to hit (a ball) in a straight line at great speed 0
- verb drill to riddle with bullets 0
- noun drill a machine for planting seeds in rows or depositing fertilizer 0
- noun drill a small furrow in which seeds are sown 0
- noun drill a row of seeds planted using a drill 0
- verb drill to plant (seeds) by means of a drill 0
- noun drill a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth, used for uniforms, etc 0
- noun drill an Old World monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, related to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloured 0
- noun drill a tool or apparatus for boring holes in wood, metal, stone, teeth, etc. 0
- noun drill the sound of drilling or boring 0
- noun drill any of various genera of snails, esp. a saltwater species (Urosalpinx cinerea), that bores through the shells of oysters and other shellfish and consumes their flesh 0
- noun drill military or physical training, esp. of a group, as in marching, the manual of arms, or gymnastic exercises 0
- noun drill a single exercise in such training 0
- noun drill the process of training or teaching by the continued repetition of an exercise 0