Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word DRILL

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Definitions of DRILL

1. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
2. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
3. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
4. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
5. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
6. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
7. A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
8. (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
9. (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
10. (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
11. (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
12. (intransitive, figurative) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
13. (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
14. (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
15. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
16. (slang) To shoot; to kill.
17. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey.
18. (uncountable, music genre) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago. [from 2010s]
19. (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
20. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
21. (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
22. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
23. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
24. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
25. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
26. A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

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Examples of Using DRILL in a Sentence

• Perhaps the chief value of Aelian's work lies in his critical account of preceding works on the art of war, and in the fullness of his technical details in matters of drill.
• Fiji Village quoted Energy Minister Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi on 22 September 2006, who confirmed that the Southern Cross Management Company Limited had applied for a license to drill for petroleum in Fiji's waters.
• Prior to 1792, Morda comprised the Drill Inn, perhaps one or two farms, and possibly a small flour mill.
• "Chinese fire drill" is a slang term for a situation that is chaotic or confusing, possibly due to poor or misunderstood instructions.
• A fire drill is a method of practicing how a building should evacuate in the event of a fire or other emergencies.
• The nineteenth-century Alabama hotel housed soldiers and served as a maritime training facility training troops in skills including swimming, special calisthenics, marching, drill, navigation, ship identification, signaling, cargo handling, ship orientation, sail making and amphibious operations.
• He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later developed a horse-drawn hoe.
• Jethro Tull (agriculturist) (1674–1741), English agriculturist, often credited with inventing the seed drill.
• During the previous five years, he had set in motion a military revolution by completely reforming the Dutch army, introducing new concepts of drill and standard commands, and combining them with standardization and thorough bookkeeping.
• Kuukpik submitted comments to the draft Environmental Impact Statement reducing drill sites to four, shorter gravel roads and requesting protection of Teshekpuk Lake amongst other things.
• Agee, to clear the flying field on the grounds of the former 17th Cavalry Regiment drill grounds and construct housing for the divisional air service.
• It was home to underground coal mines, foundries, brickyards, and the Gundlach Drill Works, manufacturers of the most efficient grain drills of that era.
• In a time and place where a Black commissioned officer is bitterly resented by nearly everyone, an African-American JAG captain investigates the murder of an African-American drill sergeant in Louisiana following American entry into World War II.
• Thinking he was sitting on an untapped pool of oil, Krotz attempted to drill the first oil well in St.
• Furthermore, the Willard Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit has achieved national level success in more than ten national level drill, athletic, and academic competitions, most recently in April 2022, placing 26th out of 620 units in the nation.
• This wooden artifact was made in Park Ridge by the Campbell Brothers who invented a way to drill through long pieces of hair pipe shells so that they could be strung and worn as breast plates by the Plains Indians, among others.
• In its past, Dover has had extensive iron and mill works, machine shops, stove, furnace, and range works, boiler and bridge works, rolling mills, drill works, knitting and silk mills, and a large hosiery factory (MacGregors).
• 8-billion Tenaris seamless-pipe mill, making tubular goods, such as drill pipe and casing, for the oil-drilling industry.
• Coleman convinced the Underwriters Producing and Refining Company to drill a test well, which was spudded on February 8, 1920.
• Although many felt that the area was unfavorable for oil reserves, White persisted and soon gained enough local support to drill.
• A bow drill is a simple hand-operated type of tool, consisting of a rod (the spindle or drill shaft) that is set in rapid rotary motion by means of a cord wrapped around it, kept taut by a bow which is pushed back and forth with one hand.
• In 1827, having become proficient in the Farsi, he was sent to Persia in company with other British officers to drill and reorganize the Shah's troops.
• The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and water to an incident as well as carrying equipment for firefighting operations in a fire drill.
• The RSM is primarily responsible for assisting their commander in maintaining standards and discipline amongst the non-commissioned members and acts as a parental figure to their subordinates, sometimes referred to by the mantra "Drill, Dress and Discipline".
• They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in seawater, including such structures as wooden piers, docks, and ships; they drill passages by means of a pair of very small shells ("valves") borne at one end, with which they rasp their way through.

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