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Look up: DRILL

  1. drill
    A farm implement for planting seeds which forms a small furrow, deposits the seed in dribbles, covers the seed, and packs soil over it. It can also deposit fertilizer, lime, or other amendments into the soil, alone or with the seed.
    Found on http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/aggloss.ht

  2. Drill
    To sow in furrows.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. drill
    [n] - a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor 2. [n] - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) 3. [n] - similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored 4. [v] - teach b...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Drill
    Used to make a round hole
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Drill
    The shallow, straight and narrow furrow in which seeds are sown outdoors
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. Drill
    To drill a hole in a printed matter.
    Found on http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishin

  7. drill
    to bore a hole in the earth, usually to find and remove subsurface formation fluids such as oil and gas.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. drill
    In military usage, the repetition of certain fixed movements in response to set commands. Drill is used to get a body of soldiers from one place to another in an orderly fashion, and for parades and...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  9. drill
    a twill fabric of similar construction to a denim, but usually piece-dyed. Typical cotton particulars were 16s x 12s; 96 x 48; 11.5% x 9.0%; 21.5 mils; 7 3/4 oz/yd2; K = 24 X 14; 3/1 twill weave, usually made in 28-in widths. Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Drill
    Drill transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Drilled ; present participle & verbal noun Drilling .] [ Dutch drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to Anglo-Saxon ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  11. Drill
    Drill intransitive verb To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  12. Drill
    Drill noun 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  13. Drill
    Drill transitive verb [ Confer Trill to trickle, Trickle , Dribble , and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.] 1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  14. Drill
    Drill intransitive verb 1. To trickle. [ Obsolete or R.] Sandys. 2. To sow in drills.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  15. Drill
    Drill noun 1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [ Obsolete] « Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills Sandys. 2. (Agr.) (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  16. Drill
    Drill noun [ Confer Mandrill .] (Zoology) A large African baboon ( Cynocephalus leucophæus ).
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  17. Drill
    Drill noun [ Usually in pl .] (Manuf.) Same as Drilling . Imperial drill , a linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/122

  18. drill
    1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. ... 2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water. ... 3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; with on. 'See drilled him...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  19. drill
    Mandrillus leucophaeus noun similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. drill
    noun a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. drill
    exercise verb learn by repetition; `We drilled French verbs every day`; `Pianists practice scales`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. drill
    practice session noun systematic training by multiple repetitions; `practice makes perfect`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. drill
    (dril) a rotating cutting instrument for making holes in hard substances, such as bones or teeth.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  24. Drill
    • (v. t.) To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal. • (n.) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. • (n.) A small trickling stream; a rill. • (n.) A row of seed sown in a furrow. &b...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  25. drill
    large short-tailed monkey found from southeastern Nigeria to western Cameroon and on Bioko Island. As a result of hunting and deforestation, the ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/75



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