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drill

/dɹɪl/ verbe C1

En français : forer, percer, s'entraîner, entraîner

  1. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). (transitive) · Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
  2. To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. (intransitive) · They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
  3. To cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts. · The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
  4. To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it. (transitive) · The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
  5. To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level (figuratively, intransitive) · Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
  6. To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power. (transitive) · He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer.· He drilled the ball to his teammate.
  7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  8. To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate. (slang)

He/she/it drills · Prétérit drilled · Participe passé drilled · Forme en -ing drilling

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Dans la bibliothèque

With different uniforms and drills,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 168 · C1
We’ve studied hard and Miss Stacy has drilled us thoroughly, but we mayn’t get through for all that.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 265 · C1
Binders, reapers' steam and hand plows, drills,
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 83 · B2

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