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      drill
      noun
      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.
      The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
      An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), 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.
      Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey.
      (uncountable, music) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
      (countable, music) A single performance of drill music.
      An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
      A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
      A row of seed sown in a furrow.
      An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
      A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
      (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
      verb
      (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
      (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
      (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
      (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
      (intransitive, figurative) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
      (transitive) To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power.
      (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
      (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
      (slang) To shoot; to kill by shooting.
      (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
      (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
      (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
      (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
      (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
      Synonyms for drill
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      Words related to drill
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