drill
English
/dɹɪl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill tool.
- (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- (ergative) To cause to drill practice; to train in military arts.
- (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
- (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- (slang) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch drillen (move in a circle, bore).
Origin
Middle Dutch
drillen
Gloss
move in a circle, bore
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mandrillus leucophaeus English
- antidrilling English
- down English
- drill#Etymology 5 English
- drillability English
- drillable English
- drilldown English
- driller English
- drilling English
- drillmaster English
- drillproof English
- drillship English
- drillstock English
- drop English
- drop-drill English
- electrodrill English
- man English
- mandrill English
- master English
- microdrill English
- nondrilling English
- postdrilling English
- predrill English
- redrill English
- ship English
- species English
- stock English
- turbodrill English
- drillen German
- dril Dutch, Flemish
- drillen Dutch, Flemish
- kikkerdril Dutch, Flemish
- drill French
- driller French
- mandrill French
- dril Spanish, Castilian
- drille Norwegian Bokmål
- *þriljaną Proto-Germanic
- ドリル Japanese
- マンドリル Japanese
- drille Norwegian Nynorsk
- trilla Galician
- drillen Middle Dutch
- *thrillen Old Dutch