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drills

 
Noun drill has 4 senses
  1. drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
    --1 is a kind of
    tool
    --1 has part: bit; chuck
    --1 has particulars:
     auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble; bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill; brace and bit; breast drill; dentist's drill, burr drill; hand drill, handheld drill; power drill; reamer; trepan
    Derived form: verb drill1
  2. drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus - similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
    --2 is a kind of baboon
  3. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
    --3 is a kind of training, preparation, grooming
    --3 has particulars:
     fire drill; manual of arms, manual; military drill; rehearsal; rehearsal, dry run; review, brushup; scrimmage; shadowboxing; target practice
    Derived forms: verb drill4, verb drill3
  4. drill - (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
    --4 is a kind of
    training, preparation, grooming
    Derived form: verb drill5
Verb drill has 5 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun drill1, noun electric drill1, noun drilling1, noun drilling2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. 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
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun drill3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. drill - teach by repetition
    --4 is one way to
    teach, learn, instruct
    Derived form: noun drill3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. drill - undergo military training or do military exercises
    --5 is one way to
    train, prepare
    Derived form: noun drill4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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