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drill

English

  1. 🔊 (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
  2. 🔊 similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
  3. 🔊 a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
  4. 🔊 systematic training by multiple repetitions
    “practice makes perfect”
  5. 🔊 train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
  6. 🔊 undergo military training or do military exercises
  7. 🔊 learn by repetition
    “We drilled French verbs every day”
  8. 🔊 teach by repetition
  9. 🔊 make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
    “don't drill here, there's a gas pipe”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 taladrar to drill
  2. 🔊 simulacro drill, fire drill
  3. 🔊 barrena drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
  4. 🔊 barreno drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
  5. 🔊 taladradora drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece

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