Synonyms for drill
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1. 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, use

   Antonyms:
   idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

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1. drill

   Synonyms:
   teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, discipline

   Antonyms:
   confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate, dishabituate

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1. 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, recitation

2. drill, Mandrillus leucophaeusnoun

   similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

3. exercise, 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, exercise

4. drillverb

   (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practice session, practice, recitation

5. bore, 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"

   Synonyms:
   tire, practise, practice, exercise, bore

6. drillverb

   train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

7. 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, exert

8. drillverb

   teach by repetition

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

9. drillverb

   undergo military training or do military exercises

   Synonyms:
   exercise, practise, bore, practice

Matched Categories

1. • Baboon
   • Cut
   • Teach
   • Tool
   • Train

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1. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, perforate, bore

2. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   instruct, exercise, teach, train

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1. drillverb

   Synonyms:
   perforate, pierce, bore, train, discipline, exercise

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1. List of paraphrases for "drill":

   drilling, drill-through, exercise, detail, exercises, borehole, song, perforation, hole, drills, maneuver

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1. Andrew Harwood:

   There has to be some softening of Beijing's stance before any companies would be willing to go and drill in any of the disputed areas.

2. Abbie Clements:

   I feel like I have to say [ that it's a drill ] several times because they're looking at me like,' are David Schonfeld sure ? Are you sure ?'.

3. Billie Holiday:

   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.

4. Daniel Belsky:

   It does this by changing biology in ways consistent with a slowing of the process of aging, although the specific mechanisms of how this occurs are still under investigation, we decided to drill down to the cellular level in people to see if the same is true.

5. Talia Pan:

   Because of (a) drinking water shortage in the southwestern coastal area in the 1960s, (residents) had to drill deep wells to get drinking water. Because of arsenic in the water, there were cases of Blackfoot disease ... (which if) severe, the only option to save a life is to amputate both legs, because of this, a lot of women lost the opportunity to walk into marriage, walk into a new life chapter on high-heeled shoes ... Because of that history, we hope to create a place in Chiayi County, where people can get married, invoking the fairy tale of Cinderella.