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Word: Drill
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’
drɪl
a tool or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.
Short Definition:tool for making holes
instruction or training in military exercises
Short Definition:military exercises
Examples:- parade-ground drill
a predatory mollusc that bores into the shells of other molluscs in order to feed on the soft tissue.
Short Definition:mollusc
Word: Drill
Speech Type: Verb
drɪl
produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill
Short Definition:produce hole with drill
Examples:- drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins
subject (someone) to military training exercises
Short Definition:subject to military exercises
Examples:- a sergeant was drilling new recruits
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