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English to English noun
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a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) |  | source: wordnet30
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similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored | | source: wordnet30
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systematic training by multiple repetitions | | Example: practice makes perfect
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(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms | | source: wordnet30
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An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. | | source: webster1913
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A small trickling stream; a rill. | | source: webster1913
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A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus). | | source: webster1913
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Same as Drilling. | | source: webster1913
verb
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make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | | Example: 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
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train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons | | source: wordnet30
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learn by repetition | | Example: We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
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teach by repetition | | source: wordnet30
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undergo military training or do military exercises | | source: wordnet30
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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal. | | source: webster1913
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To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self. | | source: webster1913
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To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. | | source: webster1913
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To trickle. | | source: webster1913
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