DRILL

drill

(noun) (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation

(noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions; “practice makes perfect”

drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus

(noun) similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

drill

(noun) a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

drill

(verb) train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

drill

(verb) undergo military training or do military exercises

drill, exercise, practice, practise

(verb) learn by repetition; “We drilled French verbs every day”; “Pianists practice scales”

drill

(verb) teach by repetition

bore, drill

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

Synonyms: excavate, bore, gouge, Thesaurus:make a hole

(intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

(transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

(intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level

(transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.

(baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.

(slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

Synonyms: plow, poke, root, shaft, Thesaurus:copulate with

Noun

drill (plural drills)

A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.

(uncountable, music) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.

Etymology 2

Noun

drill (plural drills)

An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.

A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.

A row of seed sown in a furrow.

Verb

drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)

(transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

Etymology 3

Noun

drill (plural drills)

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.

Verb

drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)

(transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

Etymology 4

Verb

drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)

(transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

Synonyms: entice, lead on, lure

(transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Etymology 5

Noun

drill (plural drills)

An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

Etymology 6

Noun

drill (countable and uncountable, plural drills)

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

Synonyms

• chino

Source: Wiktionary

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Drill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drilling.] Etym: [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See Thrill.]

1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline. He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. Macaulay.

Drill, v. i.

Definition: To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.

Drill, n.

1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.

3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast.

– Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots.

– Diamond drill. See under Diamond.

– Drill jig. See under Jig.

– Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key.

– Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions.

– Vertical drill, a drill press.

Drill, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Trill to trickle, Trickle, Dribble, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.]

1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. [R.] Thomson.

2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.

3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on. [Obs.] See drilled him on to five-fifty. Addison.

4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. Swift.

Drill, v. i.

1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] Sandys.

2. To sow in drills.

Drill, n.

1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.] Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills. Sandys.

2. (Agr.) (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. (b) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. (c) A row of seed sown in a furrow.

Note: Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow. Drill barrow, a wheeled implement for planting seed in drills.

– Drill bow, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn.

– Drill harrow, a harrow used for stirring the ground between rows, or drills.

– Drill plow, or Drill plough, a sort plow for sowing grain in drills.

Drill, n. Etym: [Cf. Mandrill.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).

Drill, n. Etym: [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)

Definition: Same as Drilling. Imperial drill, a linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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