drill
/dɹɪl/
A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece; An activity done as an exercise or practice, particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence; A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition; An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made
- plural
- drills
Meanings
- 1
A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece
I bought a drill yesterday.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
I bought myself a drill.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence
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A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition
- 4
An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made
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The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bitrare
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Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their preyrare
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A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicagorare