drill
1. a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
• Hypernyms:
tool
• Hyponyms:
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble, bore bit,
borer, rock drill, stone drill, brace and bit, breast drill, core drill,
core drill, burr drill, hand drill, handheld drill, power drill,
reamer, trepan
• Part Meronyms:
bit, chuck
2. similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
• Syn:
Mandrillus leucophaeus
• Hypernyms:
baboon
3. systematic training by multiple repetitions
- practice makes perfect
• Syn:
exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
• Derivationally related forms:
practice (for: practice), exercise (for: exercise)
• Hypernyms:
training, preparation, grooming
• Hyponyms:
fire drill, manual of arms, manual, military drill, rehearsal,
dry run, review, brushup, scrimmage, shadowboxing, target practice
4. (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
training, preparation, grooming
1. make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool (Freq. 21)
- don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
- drill a hole into the wall
- drill for oil
- carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall
• Syn:
bore
• Derivationally related forms:
electric drill, drilling, bore (for: bore), borer (for: bore)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Hyponyms:
spud, counter-drill, trepan
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
train, develop, prepare, educate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. learn by repetition (Freq. 1)
- We drilled French verbs every day
- Pianists practice scales
• Syn:
exercise, practice, practise
• Derivationally related forms:
practice (for: practice), exercise (for: exercise)
• Hypernyms:
learn, study, read, take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. teach by repetition
• Hypernyms:
teach, learn, instruct
• Hyponyms:
hammer in, drill in, ram down, beat in, inculcate,
instill, infuse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. undergo military training or do military exercises
• Hypernyms:
train, prepare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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