drill
/dɹɪl/ verb C1- To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). · Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
- To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. · They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
- To cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts. · The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
- To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it. · The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level · Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
- To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power. · He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer.· He drilled the ball to his teammate.
- To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
He/she/it drills · Past drilled · Past participle drilled · -ing form drilling
Verb forms
- Base form
- drill
- He/she/it
- drills
- Past
- drilled
- Past participle
- drilled
- -ing form
- drilling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- drill down To examine something on a more detailed level.
- drill in Synonym of drill down.
- drill out To switch from a database or other data source to another.
- drill through To display or cause a computer to display more specific, ...
- drill up To replace data with data from one level higher or less s...
From the library
With different uniforms and drills,
Therefore Marilla conceived it to be her duty to drill Anne into a tranquil uniformity of disposition as impossible and alien to her as to a dancing sunbeam in one of the brook shallows.
We’ve studied hard and Miss Stacy has drilled us thoroughly, but we mayn’t get through for all that.
Binders, reapers' steam and hand plows, drills,
Other matches
- drill An agricultural implement for making holes for ... A2
- drill To sow C2
- drill To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trick... C2
- drill An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus ... C2
- drill A tool or machine used to remove material so as... C2
- drill A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias C2
- drill down To examine something on a more detailed level.
- drill in Synonym of drill down.
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