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. Derasha Merrett:

   She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person, i have cried so much, I cant cry anymore. She leaves behind a newborn and older daughter. Oglesby aspired to work with children. We grew up as cousins,Merrett said. We grew up in the same church, on the same drill team. She works at my kids daycare. We all grew up in this little town. Were all family. Were all hurting behind this. Derrick Fudge, 57 TheSpringfield, Ohio resident was out with family members when he was killed, a sister of one of the shooting victims told the Daily News. Derrick Fudge (Facebook ) They were all just down there enjoying themselves and had stepped out of, I think, one of the clubs and were in a line to get some food, saidTwyla Southall. Logan Turner, 30 Logan Turner has just celebrated his birthday on Tuesday and was out with friends Sunday morning, his mother told the Daily News. He obtained an engineering degree from theUniversity of Toledo and worked as a machinist in Springboro, Danita Turner said. He was very generous and loving and the worlds best son, she said. Everyone loved Logan. He was a happy go lucky guy. Springboro High School guidance counselor and coachRyan Wilhite posted a photo of Turner playing football. Heart is broken,he wrote. Such a great young man lost too soon. Praying for comfort and healing for his family and all of his teammates who loved him so much. Rest easy 78. Nicholas Cumer, 25 Nicholas Cumer was a graduate student at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania who was workingas an intern at a Dayton facility for people battling cancer.

2. Kate Andersen Brower:

   Generally, first ladies have had more success when they have one singular issue that they really drill down on. She might decide to triage if her efforts become scattered.

3. Russ Teplitzky:

   We knew about the drill, and you’d think you can prepare for this. But you see the shooter come in, you hear the shots being fired, it starts going through your mind, heart starts to race and you go into overdrive, i had no idea I would feel that way. Like I said, we knew it was coming.

4. Sergei Lavrov:

   He is threatening the penitentiary officers and he, he makes all kinds of arrogant accusations, for example he says, he is saying that he will put a drill to the head of the officer.

5. Dominic Kwiatkowski:

   This new resistance locus is particularly interesting because it lies so close to genes that are gatekeepers for the malaria parasite's invasion machinery, we now need to drill down at this locus to characterise these complex patterns of genetic variation more precisely and to understand the molecular mechanisms by which they act.