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drill
  1. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
  2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  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. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
  7. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
  8. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. bit, auger, gimlet, awl, borer, bradawl, corkscrew, dibble, drilling tool, jackhammer, punch, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble, boring tool, brace and bit, brace, tool, training, exercise, workout, preparation, teaching, coaching, routine, practice, practise, discipline, grounding, tryout, assignment, conditioning, homework, repetition, shakedown, warm-up, work-out, physical exercise, run-through, square-bashing, dry run, dress rehearsal, daily dozen, learning by doing, instruction, praxis, matriculation, guidance … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “Mr. Thomas speaks of boring a hole with a drill on each side about a quarter of an inch from the fracture.”
      “As part of a training drill, firefighters responded to a mock plane crash at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago.”
      “You know the drill, right? Memorize useless subject matter for a test, take the test, and forget 95% of it.”
driller
  1. One who drills.
  2. A person in charge of a drilling rig.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. miner, collier, excavator, coalminer, prospector, digger, pitman, sapper, mineworker, tinner, hewer, dredger, pit worker, archaeologist, gravedigger, gold digger … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In the event the tool pusher is not on site, the drill rig operator or driller assumes this responsibility.”
      “I have one son who's a driller on the oil rigs and the other fellow is a derrickman on the oil rigs in Alberta.”
      “Smarter drill bits that encase sensors capable of measuring conditions in the surrounding rock could act as the eyes and ears for the driller.”
drillmaster
  1. One who trains others in something.
  2. (military) A person who instructs in marching drill.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. martinet, taskmaster, authoritarian, disciplinarian, tyrant, despot, enforcer, stickler, bully, taskmistress, hardliner, slavedriver, perfectionist, slave-driver, drill sergeant, hard master, stickler for discipline … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The winners turned out to be a team of journeymen Greeks, well schooled by a German drillmaster.”
      “Clark is not as good a drillmaster as Dillon, not enough vivacity and life.”
      “He was a drillmaster but the work paid off as the Americans won four of five games here, losing only to Canada after they had already made the medal round.”
drilling
  1. Act of drilling.
  2. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. pedagogy, teaching, instruction, tutoring, schooling, tuition, education, tutelage, training, coaching, inculcation, enlightenment, discipline, study, edification, guidance, indoctrination, apprenticeship, preparation, erudition, improvement, direction, scholarship, cultivation, literacy, learning, pedagogics, nurture, civilisation, civilization, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, proselytism, rearing, propagandism, book learning, priming, grounding, andragogy, drill, practice, orientation, chalk talk, disciplining, information, briefing, programming, rules, exercise … more
drill
  1. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bit, auger, gimlet, awl, borer, bradawl, corkscrew, dibble, drilling tool, jackhammer, punch, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble, boring tool, brace and bit, brace, tool, training, exercise, workout, preparation, teaching, coaching, routine, practice, practise, discipline, grounding, tryout, assignment, conditioning, homework, repetition, shakedown, warm-up, work-out, physical exercise, run-through, square-bashing, dry run, dress rehearsal, daily dozen, learning by doing, instruction, praxis, matriculation, guidance … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Mr. Thomas speaks of boring a hole with a drill on each side about a quarter of an inch from the fracture.”
      “As part of a training drill, firefighters responded to a mock plane crash at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago.”
      “You know the drill, right? Memorize useless subject matter for a test, take the test, and forget 95% of it.”
drill
  1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bit, auger, gimlet, awl, borer, bradawl, corkscrew, dibble, drilling tool, jackhammer, punch, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble, boring tool, brace and bit, brace, tool, training, exercise, workout, preparation, teaching, coaching, routine, practice, practise, discipline, grounding, tryout, assignment, conditioning, homework, repetition, shakedown, warm-up, work-out, physical exercise, run-through, square-bashing, dry run, dress rehearsal, daily dozen, learning by doing, instruction, praxis, matriculation, guidance … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Mr. Thomas speaks of boring a hole with a drill on each side about a quarter of an inch from the fracture.”
      “As part of a training drill, firefighters responded to a mock plane crash at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago.”
      “You know the drill, right? Memorize useless subject matter for a test, take the test, and forget 95% of it.”
drillstock
  1. The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drilling
  1. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pedagogy, teaching, instruction, tutoring, schooling, tuition, education, tutelage, training, coaching, inculcation, enlightenment, discipline, study, edification, guidance, indoctrination, apprenticeship, preparation, erudition, improvement, direction, scholarship, cultivation, literacy, learning, pedagogics, nurture, civilisation, civilization, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, proselytism, rearing, propagandism, book learning, priming, grounding, andragogy, drill, practice, orientation, chalk talk, disciplining, information, briefing, programming, rules, exercise … more
drillship
  1. (nautical) Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment
drillability
  1. The quality or degree of being drillable.
drillabilities
  1. plural of drillability
drillmasters
  1. plural of drillmaster
  2. Synonyms:
      3. martinets, taskmasters, authoritarians, disciplinarians, tyrants, despots, enforcers, sticklers, bully, taskmistresses, hardliners, slavedrivers, perfectionists, slave-drivers, drill sergeants … more
drillstocks
  1. plural of drillstock
drillships
  1. plural of drillship
drillings
  1. plural of drilling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pedagogy, teaching, instruction, tutorings, schooling, tuition, education, tutelage, training, coachings, inculcations, enlightenment, discipline, study, edifications, guidance, indoctrination, apprenticeships, preparation, erudition, improvement, direction, scholarship, cultivation, literacies, learning, pedagogics, nurture, civilization, brainwashing, breeding, catechisms, proselytism, rearings, propagandism, book learning, primings, groundings, andragogy, chalk talks, practice, orientation, drills, information, exercises, disciplining, background, lessons, briefings, seasonings … more
drillers
  1. plural of driller
  2. Synonyms:
      3. miners, colliers, excavators, coalminers, prospectors, diggers, pitmans, sappers, mineworkers, tinners, hewers, dredgers, gravediggers, archaeologists, gold diggers … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The desperados collide with the drillers and a hostage situation takes shape but guns and threats aren't the only danger facing our heroes.”
      “We have drill offsiders who are learning to become drillers, that are local Ballarat employees.”
      “In the later nineteenth century, a changing economy fostered songs and stories of cowboys, lumberjacks, miners, oil drillers, and railroaders.”
drills
  1. plural of drill
  2. Synonyms:
      3. physical movements, training, workout, aerobics, callisthenics, calisthenics, exercise, activity, fitness, working out, exercising, keeping fit, sports, exertion, movement, workouts, staying fit, gym, physical activity, physical training, conditioning, action, practice, practise, games, physical education, PT, PE, gymnastics, physical exercise, athletics, P.E., keep fit, exercises, step aerobics, physical exertion, sports activities, game, sport, physical recreation, competitive games, physical fitness, keeping in trim, staying active, keeping in shape, keeping healthy, staying in shape, military exercises, manoeuvres … more
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