Main entry: drill
Definition: (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
Main entry: drill, practice, practice session, recitation, exercise
Definition: systematic training by multiple repetitions
Usage: practice makes perfect
Main entry: Mandrillus leucophaeus, drill
Definition: similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
Main entry: drill
Definition: a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
Main entry: drill
Definition: train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
Main entry: drill
Definition: undergo military training or do military exercises
Main entry: drill, exercise, practice, practise
Definition: learn by repetition
Usage: We drilled French verbs every day; Pianists practice scales
Main entry: drill
Definition: teach by repetition
Definition: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Usage: 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