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- [dril]
- /drɪl/
- /drɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dril]
- /drɪl/
Definitions of drill word
- noun drill a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered. 1
- verb with object drill to sow (seed) in drills. 1
- verb with object drill to sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills. 1
- verb without object drill to sow seed in drills. 1
- noun drill A hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes. 1
- noun drill tool: bores holes 1
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Origin of drill
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Dutch dril (noun), drillen (v.)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Drill
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drill popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
drill usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drill
verb drill
- hone — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
- rehearse — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
- practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
noun drill
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- instruction — machine instruction
- preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
general drill
- aerobic — Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
- warm up — Informal. a warming: Sit by the fire and have a nice warm.
- stepper — a person or animal that steps, especially a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee.
- slimnastics — exercises to help someone lose or control weight.
Antonyms for drill
verb drill
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- learn — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
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