Word Finder - drilled

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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.

synonyms

• plow
• poke
• root
• shaft

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To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

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To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

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waters drilled through a sandy stratum

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To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

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• entice
• lead on
• lure

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To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

The first oil well in the state was drilled at Limestone in Cattaraugus county in 1865, and the state's output of oil was 1,160,128 barrels, valued at $2,071,533 in 1908.

It is on record that as early as 1764 he had loo acres of drilled turnips on his farm in one year.

With medium or moderately hard steel all rivet holes should be drilled, or punched e in.

In 1771 Thomas Jefferson described a " burning spring " in the Kanawha Valley, and when wells were drilled for salt brine near Charleston petroleum and natural gas were found here before there was any drilling for oil in Pennsylvania.

A successful well in Marion county, near Mannington, far from the region of the earlier wells, was drilled in 1889, and the output of the state increased from 119,448 bbls.

They assembled in their counties, and by the time Dozsa had drilled them into some sort of discipline and self-confidence, they began to air the grievances of their class.

Not only was the army to be well drilled and the fleet to be carefully equipped, but railways were to be constructed, river-navigation was to be facilitated, manufacturing industry was to be developed, commerce was to be encouraged, the administration was to be improved, the laws were to be codified and the tribunals were to be reorganized.

The bed forms a warm seed-bed in the cool weather of early spring, and holds the manure which is drilled in usually to better advantage.

Oil and gas are often met with in drilled wells under great pressure, which is highest as a rule in the deepest wells.

The gas wells of Pennsylvania indicate about double the pressure of those drilled in the Trenton limestone, 600-800 lb.

The extremely high pressure under which oil is met with in wells drilled in some parts of the Russian oil fields is a matter of common knowledge, and a fountain or spouting well resulting therefrom is one of the " sights" of the country.

Experience has proved that in some of the oil fields of the United States one well to five acres is as close as they should be drilled.

The initial diameter of the well drilled from the bottom of this pit is in some instances as much as 36 in., bore-holes of the larger size being preferred, as they are less liable to become choked, and admit of the use of larger bailers for raising the oil.

This consists in the use of an expanding reamer by means of which Drilling in the well may be drilled to a diameter admitting of the Galicia.

The wells from which the supplies of natural gas are obtained in the United States are drilled and cased in the same manner as the oil wells.

Accordingly it was decided to form troops known as nizam-i-jedid, affiliated to the Janissaries so as to disarm the jealousy of the latter, properly drilled and wearing a distinctive uniform.

He had much territory to occupy, and in the long march of on an average 85 days, he considered that they could be organized, equipped and drilled en route.

In the spring of 67 the Jewish troops, whom Josephus had drilled so sedulously, fled before the Roman forces of Vespasian and Titus.

There is no lack of officers of the highest grades, but the rank and file are not uniformed, equipped or drilled, and military campaigns are usually irregular in character and of comparatively short duration.

The Burma Oil Company since 1889 has worked by drilled wells on the American or cable system, and the amount produced is yearly becoming more and more important.

Round disks made of these substances were placed in a closely fitting cylindrical cavity drilled in a block of steel, the cavity having a circular aperture of two or four centimetres below.

Immediately after his inauguration he began filling the militia regiments with young men ready for active service, saw that they were well drilled and supplied them with good modern rifles.

It became a fortress of great importance under Sindhia in 1759, and was the depot where he drilled and organized his battalions in the European fashion with the aid of De Boigne.

This Pirene originally had a two-storey facade of Roman fashion made of limestone, but, before the time of Pausanias, it had received a covering of marble which has now fallen off, but has left traces of itself in the holes drilled into the limestone, in the rough hacking away of the half columns, and in the numerous marble fragments which lay in front of the facade.

He had also equipped and drilled his formidable army after the Roman fashion.

In 1901 an extraordinary "gusher" well was drilled near Beaumont, Jefferson county; in the nine days before this well was capped, it threw a stream of oil 160 ft.

The first natural gas-well in the state was drilled at Pierre in 1892.

C. Buell in Kentucky had likewise drilled his troops to a high state of efficiency and was preparing to move against the Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston, whose reputation was that of being the foremost soldier on either side.

But it was not until the middle of the 19th century that its value as an illuminating oil became known, and not until 1859 was the first petroleum well drilled.

By the close of 1861 wells had been drilled from which 2000 to 3000 barrels flowed in a day without pumping, and the state's yearly output continued to increase until 1891, when it amounted to 31,424,206 barrels.

In some instances, too, wells which were drilled for oil produced only gas.

Africa during the Cretaceous period (after the deposition of the Stormberg beds), and drilled these enormous craters through all the later formations.

It having been found that considerable hollow spaces existed below the foundations of some of the piers, five bore-holes from the top of the roadway were pierced vertically through each pier of both barrages, and similar holes were drilled at intervals along all the lock walls.

A powerful force of cavalry was now raised, while at the same time the infantry were drilled in new and more effective modes of fighting.

The Turkish armies were drilled and commanded by German officers, and in I899 a German firm gained an important concession for building a railway to Baghdad.

In the expedition a force of 500 Hausa, drilled and trained by the company, and led by thirty white officers - of whom some were lent for the occasion by the War Office - decisively defeated a force of some thousands of native troops, led by the emir of Nupe himself.

On the 27th of February Baron Steuben (q.v.) reached the camp, where he drilled and reorganized the army.

She knew the Oracle was powerful, but seeing her in the immortal world drilled home just how strong her power was.

The main source of water for the park comes from a borehole drilled 90 meters into a chalk aquifer.

I mean, the moment I got on the plane, I'd be gripping those armrests like my teeth were being drilled.

Tube wells drilled into the ground to provide drinking water safe from cholera were later found to contain naturally occurring arsenic.

The front beam axle is drilled for lightness with the spring going through the beam leaving the original spring mounting pad free.

Where foreign powers once drilled their troops, there is now a leisurely parade, serenaded by the music from the central bandstand.

The ridge tile should be neatly drilled in the center to allow the fixing to pass through into the ridge batten or board below.

All holes drilled into the vehicle bodywork should ideally be treated with an anti-corrosion compound.

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

To do this holes are first drilled into the concrete using specialized drilling equipment.

To install the faucet a hole will need to be drilled into the work surface or the outer rim of the sink.

Leys are plowed and cereals drilled using a power harrow and drill combination unit.

The geothermal system includes a ground-loop heat exchanger comprised of 32 boreholes drilled 195 feet in depth.