drill
Noun
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is a type of: tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocationsubtypes:
- auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble - hand tool for boring holes
- bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill - a drill for penetrating rock
- brace and bit - a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it
- breast drill - a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work
- core drill - a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole
- burr drill, dentist's drill - a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth
- hand drill, handheld drill - a small portable drill held and operated by hand
- power drill - a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials
- reamer - a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes
- trepan - a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
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is a type of: baboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzlessame as: mandrillus leucophaeus
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subtypes:
- fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
- manual, manual of arms - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
- military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons
- rehearsal - (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
- dry run, rehearsal - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- brushup, review - practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- scrimmage - (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- shadowboxing - sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- target practice - practice in shooting at targets
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referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
Verb
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is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsubtypes:
- spud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
- counter-drill - drill in an opposite direction
- trepan - cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
same as: bore
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