"drill" meaning in English

See drill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /drɪl/ Audio: en-us-drill.ogg [US] Forms: drill [singular], drills [plural]
enPR: drĭl Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A drill is an object used to dig a hole.
    Sense id: simple-drill-en-noun-VoDwj4rY
  2. A practice before a major event is called a drill.
    Sense id: simple-drill-en-noun-u3yYRwQK
  3. A drill is a type of primate.
    Sense id: simple-drill-en-noun-~khzcTDc

Verb

IPA: /drɪl/ Audio: en-us-drill.ogg [US] Forms: drill [canonical], drills [third-person, singular], drilled [past], drilled [past, participle], drilling [present, participle]
enPR: drĭl Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you drill a hole, you use a drill to make a hole in something.
    Sense id: simple-drill-en-verb-HN6KxG~y
  2. If you drill some information into someone's head, you make them review it again and again until they remember it.
    Sense id: simple-drill-en-verb-kl1WThWT
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