drill
41Drill —  Cette page de paronymie regroupe plusieurs sujets et articles ayant des noms aux graphies très similaires. Drill Le drill est un singe catarrhinien cercopithécidé du genre Mandrillus, de nom scientifique Mandrillus leucophaeus. Il vit en… …
42drill — I. verb Etymology: Dutch drillen Date: 1619 transitive verb 1. a. to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction < drill pupils in spelling > b. to impart or communicate by repetition < impossible to drill the simplest …
43drill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pierce, bore; train, exercise, practice; quiz. See opening, teaching, exertion, repetition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Practice] Syn. preparation, repetition, learning by doing; see exercise 1 , practice… …
44drill — 1. verb /dɹɪɫ/ a) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill [tool]. Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction. b) To practice, especially in a military context. They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly. 2.… …
45drill — I [[t]drɪl[/t]] n. 1) bui mac a) a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation b) a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool 2) mil Mil. a) training in formal marching or …
46drill — English has no fewer than four separate words drill, all of them comparatively recent acquisitions. Drill ‘make a hole’ [16] was borrowed from Middle Dutch drillen, but beyond that is history is obscure. The word’s military application, to… …
47drill — English has no fewer than four separate words drill, all of them comparatively recent acquisitions. Drill ‘make a hole’ [16] was borrowed from Middle Dutch drillen, but beyond that is history is obscure. The word’s military application, to… …
48drill — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a pointed, esp. revolving, steel tool or machine used for boring cylindrical holes, sinking wells, etc. 2 a esp. Mil. instruction or training in military exercises. b rigorous discipline or methodical instruction, esp. when… …
49drill — 01. Oil companies have been [drilling] for oil in the Atlantic for about 10 years. 02. I [drilled] a hole in the wall to put the picture hook into. 03. A major oil company is [drilling] in the far north with the hopes of finding significant… …
50drill — drill1 noun 1》 a tool or machine with a rotating or reciprocating cutting tip, used for boring holes. 2》 training in military exercises. ↘instruction by means of repeated exercises. ↘(the drill) informal the correct or recognized… …
