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drillnoun, verbBrE /drɪl/NAmE /drɪl/noun word origin example bank1 [countable] a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holesan electric drill a pneumatic drill a hand drill a dentist's drill a drill bit (= the pointed part at the end of the drill )2 [countable, uncountable] a way of learning sth by means of repeated exercises3 [countable, uncountable] a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a firea fire drill4 [uncountable] military training in marching, the use of weapons, etcrifle drill5 the drill [singular] (old-fashioned, BrE) the correct or usual way to do sth  procedureWhat's the drill for claiming expenses?6 [uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth7 [countable] a machine for planting seeds in rowsverb verb forms word origin example bank1 [transitive, intransitive] to make a hole in sth, using a drill~ sthDrill a series of holes in the frame.~ (for sth) They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast.~ (through sth) He drilled through the wall by mistake.2 [transitive] to teach sb to do sth by making them repeat it a lot of times~ sb to do sthThe children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly when the fire bell rang.~ sb a well-drilled team~ sb in sth Recruits are drilled in basic techniques over the five-day course.3 [transitive] ~ sb to train soldiers to perform military actionsThe soldiers were being drilled outside the barracks.ˌdrill ˈdown(computing or business) to go to deeper levels of an organized set of data in order to find more detail, especially on a computer or a websiteNavigation is good and there's a display to show how far you've drilled down.ˈdrill sth into sbto make sb remember or learn sth by repeating it oftenIt was drilled into us at an early age never to drop litter.

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