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Synonyms for drill
drɪldrill
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
drill
Exercise, in the ordinary sense, is the easy natural action of any power; exertion is the putting of any power to strain and tax. An exercise-drive for a horse is so much as will develop strength and health and not appreciably weary. But by qualifying adjectives we may bring exercise up to the full sense of exertion; as, violent exercise. Exercise is action taken at any time with a view to employing, maintaining, or increasing power, or merely for enjoyment; practise is systematic exercise with a view to the acquirement of facility and skill in some pursuit; a person takes a walk for exercise, or takes time for practise on the piano. Practise is also used of putting into action and effect what one has learned or holds as a theory; as, the practise of law or medicine; a profession of religion is good, but the practise of it is better. Drill is systematic, rigorous, and commonly enforced practise under a teacher or commander. Compare HABIT.
Synonyms:
act, action, activity, application, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, useAntonyms:
idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest
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drill
Synonyms:
teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, disciplineAntonyms:
confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate, dishabituate
Princeton's WordNet
drillnoun
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
Synonyms:
exercise, practice session, practice, recitationdrill, Mandrillus leucophaeusnoun
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
Synonyms:
exercise, practice session, practice, recitationexercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun
systematic training by multiple repetitions
"practice makes perfect"
Synonyms:
physical exercise, usage, use, practice, praxis, recital, practice session, utilisation, example, utilization, class period, employment, exercising, pattern, course session, reading, recitation, workout, physical exertion, exercisedrillverb
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
Synonyms:
exercise, practice session, practice, recitationbore, drillverb
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
"don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
drillverb
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
drill, exercise, practice, practiseverb
learn by repetition
"We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
Synonyms:
rehearse, practise, exercise, commit, use, bore, do, work, work out, practice, apply, exertdrillverb
teach by repetition
drillverb
undergo military training or do military exercises
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#47 | do | |
#61 | use | |
#125 | work | |
#473 | action | |
#509 | application | |
#552 | act | |
#557 | performance | |
#583 | example | |
#839 | reading | |
#956 | practice | |
#1015 | activity | |
#1024 | employment | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1225 | song | |
#1389 | operation | |
#1799 | detail | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2357 | pattern | |
#2505 | train | |
#2966 | hole | |
#3031 | usage | |
#3806 | teach | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4578 | occupation | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#6021 | exercises | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7143 | drill | |
#8609 | utilization | |
#8995 | drilling | |
#9471 | workout | |
#11904 | bore | |
#14188 | drills | |
#15308 | exercising | |
#19286 | practise | |
#19451 | instruct | |
#19833 | utilisation | |
#20880 | recital | |
#23550 | maneuver | |
#24756 | exert | |
#25988 | praxis | |
#27523 | ordinate | |
#35573 | recitation | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#42048 | borehole | |
#44792 | perforation | |
#51465 | rehearse |
How to use drill in a sentence?
The withdrawal in Afghanistan looked like a ferret fire drill!
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
They were waving their three-point plans for $ 2-a-gallon gas, you remember that ? Drill, baby, drill. We were going through all that. And none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem.
Oil and gas companies do not want to drill more, they are under pressure from the financial community to pay more dividends, to do more share buybacks instead of the proverbial' drill baby drill,' which is the way they would have done things 10 years ago. Corporate strategy has fundamentally changed.
The cash register was invented to solve the basic pain points of running a business, like recording sales, our Register empowers sellers to drill into their business with sophisticated reporting tools to run and grow their business.
Translations for drill
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- тренировка, бургия, пробивам, обучавам се, строева подготовка, свредел, мандрил, габардин, бормашина, обучавам, сондирам, тренирамBulgarian
- foradar, perforarCatalan, Valencian
- vrtačka, vrtatCzech
- bor, dril, boreDanish
- Drill, bohren, schleifen, drillen, Bohrer, BohrmaschineGerman
- δράπανο, άσκηση, τρυπώ, εκπαιδεύω, γυμνάσιοGreek
- taladro, dril, simulacro, perforar, entrenar, taladradora, repetición, repetir, averiguarSpanish
- drillima, trell, trellpuurEstonian
- درلPersian
- harjoitella, harjoittaa, ''Urosalpinx'', äkseerätä, teroittaa, pamauttaa, porata, suodattaa, viekoitella, pora, drilli, istukka, vako, harjoitus, harjoite, noro, harjoituttaa, tähdentää, porautua, [[kylvää]] [[vakoon]], kylvää [[riviin]], kuluttaaFinnish
- rabâcher, approfondir, foreuse, drill, coutil, perceuse, exercice, entraînement, percer, entraîner, chignole, forerFrench
- drilleyManx
- מקדחה, קדח, תרגלHebrew
- fúrógép, gyakorlatozás, gyakorlatozik, besulykol, fúrHungarian
- borIcelandic
- trivellare, crivellare, scavare, esercitazione, punta, perforare, addestrare, addestrarsi, esercitare, esercitarsi, inculcare, trapano, trapanareItalian
- ドリル, 訓練Japanese
- ბურღიGeorgian
- terebra, transfigereLatin
- urbtLatvian
- hōrete, niho, ore, tūwiri, wiriMāori
- latihanMalay
- trapan, driller, goljaMaltese
- instampen, drillen, blokken, graven, borenDutch
- bor, drill, drille, terpe, bore, dypdykkeNorwegian
- wiertarka, wiertłoPolish
- furar, furadeira, perfurar, treinar, treinoPortuguese
- burghiu, sfredel, gauriRomanian
- дрель, дрил, тик, бормашина, сверли́ть, бури́ть, бур, муштра, обучать, строевая подготовка, вдалбливать, вдолбить, копать, бурав, коловорот, сверло, пёрка, муштровать, тренировать, тренировка, тренироваться, обучаться, копнутьRussian
- бушилица, bušilicaSerbo-Croatian
- vrtati, vrtalnik, izvrtatiSlovene
- turjelëAlbanian
- borrsväng, borra, träna, drilla, undersöka, borr, borrmaskin, drill, nötaSwedish
- kwataSwahili
- thực hànhVietnamese
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