drill meaning
EN[dɹɪl] [dɹɪɫ] [-ɪl]US
WDrill
- A drill is a tool fitted with a cutting tool attachment or driving tool attachment, usually a drill bit or driver bit, used for boring holes in various materials or fastening various materials together with the use of fasteners.
- Drills are commonly used in woodworking, metalworking, construction and do-it-yourself projects. Specially designed drills are also used in medicine, space missions and other applications.
FR drill
- NounPLdrills
- A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.
- 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.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise).
- “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”
- (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
- Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
- A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
- A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- VerbSGdrillsPRdrillingPT, PPdrilled
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
- (intransitive) To practice, especially in a military context.
- They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
- (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
- (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
- Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
- (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.
- (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- waters drilled through a sandy stratum
- (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Under his parents' supervision he drilled the holes in the wood.
- The recommended tap drill for a ½"-13 UNC tap is 0.421", resulting in a 75 percent thread.
- We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The new fire chief really put us through our paces, we had to wash all the fire trucks and then had two different fire drills.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of drill in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary