Word Finder - drill

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A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

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Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.

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The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

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Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.

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An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

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Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.

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Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.

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A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.

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To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

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Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.

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• bore
• excavate
• gouge

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To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.

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They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.

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To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

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The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.

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To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

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The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.

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To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level

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Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.

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To hit or kick with a lot of power.

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To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.

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To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

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• plow
• poke
• root
• shaft

He should have just become a steam drill operator!

It is now used as a depot for the Naval Reserve, for whom a large drill hall was added.

The drill is thus allowed to fall freely, instead of being partly upheld by the buoyancy of the water, as in earlier wells.

The drill was worked by a stock with a loose cap (53), rotated by a drill bow, in the XIIth to Roman dynasties.

Okay, guys, you know the drill.

Among the public buildings are the academy, Johnstone public school, the county buildings, town-hall, museum, Mackenzie hall and market cross, the lastnamed standing in front of the old court-house, which is now used as a drill hall and fire-station.

Adrenaline hit her as she realized this was not a drill.

The principal buildings within the parish are the old town hall, now used as a volunteer drill hall and armoury; the county buildings, containing the town hall and court house; the academy; reformatory and the Wigtownshire combination poorhouse.

As the jar works off, or grows more feeble, by reason of the downward advance of the drill, it is ' tempered ' to the proper strength by letting down the temper-screw to give the jars more play.

The pure metal is silver-white in colour, is very ductile, and becomes remarkably hard when hammered, a diamond drill making little impression upon it.

His professional attainments were great, and in 1856 he was a member of a board entrusted with the revision of light artillery drill and tactics.

It consists of a small hydraulic press, which forces a set of expanding bits or wedges into a bore-hole previously bored by a long screw augur or drill, worked by hand, the action of the press being continued until a sufficient strain is obtained to bring down the coal.

Besides the troops in barracks, during the drill season there is often a considerable force in camp, both regular troops from other stations and militia and volunteer units, so that, including the regular garrison, sometimes as many as 40,000' troops have been concentrated at the station for training and manoeuvres.

The finest of the captives was thrown down and fire kindled on his breast by the wooden drill of the priest; then the victim's heart was torn out, and his body flung on the pile kindled with the new flame.

The whole of the Prussian military system, inciuding not only the obligation to military service, but the rules for recruiting, organization, drill and uniforms, has to be followed in all the states; all the contingents are under the command of the emperor, and the soldiers have to swear obedience to him in addition to the oath of allegiance to their own sovereign.

She had a very raw crew, including very few real seamen, and her men had only had one day's gunnery drill.

He is slow, and as a rule has little knowledge of drill.

Much attention is paid to singing, drill and gymnastics.

Additional instructors were brought from Germany, and all arms of the military service were placed on a thoroughly efficient footing in matters of drill and discipline.

The zodiac of Denderah; the Savoyards who carved their pine-forests into toys; the naked Derar, horsed on an idea, charging a troop of Roman cavalry; the long, austere Pythagorean lustrum of silence; Napoleon on the deck of the "Bellerophon," observing the drill of the English soldiers; the Egyptian doctrine that every man has two pairs of eyes; Empedocles and his shoe; the horizontal stratification of the earth; a soft mushroom pushing its way through the hard ground, - all these allusions and a thousand more are found in the same volume.

With a patience foreign to his impulsive nature, he submitted to minute drill in elocution, and became a fluent extemporaneous speaker.

He became drill instructor, and afterwards captain in the departmental (Eure-et-Loire) regiment of the National Guard.

Normally the first year's exercise for male students is military drill under the direction of a U.S. army officer detailed as commandant.

Beyond this is the Alexander Veld, used as a military drill ground, and close by is the entrance to the beautiful road called the Scheveningensche Weg, which leads through the "little woods" to Scheveningen.

The over-haste of the Puritans to drill England into ways of morality and virtue had thrown at least the upper classes into a slough of revelry and baseness.

The spacious buildings at the back are devoted to the "Lehrbataillon," a battalion of infantry composed of drafts from different regiments trained here to ensure uniformity of drill throughout the army.

Among these may be mentioned improved methods of ploughing, tile drainage, use of the press drill, which results in greater immunity against winter killing, crop rotation, and, to a very small extent, fertilization.

After his return he gave effective support to the Frenchman, Colonel Seve (Suleiman Pasha), who was employed to drill the army on the European model.

It had taken Dusty two days to drill a routine and sense of discipline into the vamp, which was one day too many to the schedule-addicted assassin.

The threaded arbor has a 1/4 inch replaceable pilot drill.

How do I stop my drill bit from slipping in the chuck?

All you have to do is drill out the rivet that holds it in place and replace with the handily provided Allen bolt.

With the cylinder head off, the pistons were cleaned of any carbon deposits using a wire cup brush on a drill.

How he could snooze with a noise like a pneumatic drill going on, shows how good his mental powers were.

Dust - duct entries are cut out using a standard hole saw mounted on a cordless drill.

So whatever your drilling need, look no further than a Black & Decker® corded drill.

In the test, a 6mm slot drill cuts the groove, pictured above, from left to right.

It is used to open or close the drill chuck around the shank of a drill chuck around the shank of a drill bit.

Notification of evacuation drills I have recently carried out an evacuation drill of a large complex.

They started in Monte ' with the perfect antidote for a New Year hangover in the form of a lifeboat drill for everybody.

Drill into the brick work using the hammer drill into the brick work using the hammer drill.

Holes for the main beam fixings should be drilled by an expert, using a suitable masonry drill and safety guards.

The triangular area is where I could not reach with the pillar drill!

Then drill the smaller hole through the thickened epoxy.

The only sure way of proving the existence of oil is to drill for it.

Then drill through the end posts and fix straining eye bolts.

Practice Man Overboard Drill regularly - This can be achieved by using a fender and bucket as your casualty.

A different memory was when we had a fire drill and Mrs Greenway hid me from Mrs Bunt during lining up.

There will be a full-scale fire drill once every term.

One of six self-feed drill rigs used with Nimbus Ultima core drills to stitch drill the reinforced concrete haunches.