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Noun drilling has 2 senses
- drilling, boring - the act of drilling
--1 is a kind of creating by removal
- boring, drilling, oil production - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
--2 is a kind of production
Verb drill has 5 senses
- bore, drill - make a hole 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"
--1 is one way to cut
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
--2 is one way to train, develop, prepare, educate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- drill, exercise, practice, practise - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
--3 is one way to learn, study, read, take
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
- drill - teach by repetition
--4 is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- drill - undergo military training or do military exercises
--5 is one way to train, prepare
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