1 [C] a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holes:
an electric drill * a pneumatic drill * a hand drill * a dentist's drill * a drill bit (= the pointed part at the end of the drill)
2 [C,U] a way of learning sth by means of repeated exercises:
tense drills
3 [C,U] a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire:
There'll be a fire drill sometime this morning.
4 [U] military training in marching, the use of weapons, etc:
rifle drill
5 (the drill) [sing.] (old-fashioned, BrE) the correct or usual way to do sth:
What's the drill for claiming expenses?
6 [U] strong cotton fabric
7 [C] a machine for planting seeds in rows
Part of speech: verb
1 to make a hole in sth, using a drill:
[VN] Drill a series of holes in the frame. * [V] They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast. * He drilled through the wall by mistake.
2 ~ sb (in sth) to teach sb to do sth by making them repeat it a lot of times:
[VNtoinf] The children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly when the fire bell rang. * [VN] a well-drilled team
3 [VN] to train soldiers to perform military actions:
The soldiers were being drilled outside the barracks.
PHRASALVERBS
drill sth into sb to make sb remember or learn sth by repeating it often:
It was drilled into us at an early age never to drop litter.
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Is drill a noun, verb, or something else?
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