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Mandrill

A large terrestrial monkey (Mandrillus sphinx) of dense forests of west-central Africa, having an olive-brown body with a brightly colored rump and face that are especially pronounced in the male.

Drill

An implement with cutting edges or a pointed end for boring holes in hard materials, usually by a rotating abrasion or repeated blows; a bit.

Mandrill

A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with colorful face and rump.

Drill

The hand-operated or hand-powered holder for this implement.

Mandrill

A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. It is an endangered species.

Drill

A loud, harsh noise made by or as if by a powered tool of this kind.
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Mandrill

Baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters

Drill

Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.

Drill

A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition
Conducted an air-raid drill.
A drill for learning the multiplication tables.

Drill

The training of soldiers in marching and the manual of arms.

Drill

Any of various marine gastropod mollusks, chiefly of the genus Urosalpinx, that bore holes into the shells of bivalve mollusks. U. cinera is destructive to oysters.

Drill

A shallow trench or furrow in which seeds are planted.
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Drill

A row of planted seeds.

Drill

A machine or implement for planting seeds in holes or furrows.

Drill

Durable cotton or linen twill of varying weights, generally used for work clothes.

Drill

A large monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) of west-central African forests, having an olive brown body and a brightly colored face and resembling the mandrill.

Drill

To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill
A bit for drilling masonry.

Drill

To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill
Drills holes in trees with its chisellike bill.
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Drill

To strike or hit sharply
The batter drilled a single through the infield.

Drill

To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure
Drill pupils in grammar.

Drill

To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction
Drilled the correct spellings into the students' heads.

Drill

To train (soldiers) in marching and the manual of arms.

Drill

To make a hole with or as if with a drill.

Drill

To perform a training exercise.

Drill

To sow (seeds) in rows.

Drill

To plant (a field) in drills.

Drill

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill tool.
Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.

Drill

(intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.

Drill

(ergative) To cause to drill practice; to train in military arts.
The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.

Drill

(transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.

Drill

To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.

Drill

(transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.

Drill

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

Drill

To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

Drill

(slang) To shoot; to kill.

Drill

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

Drill

(transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
Waters drilled through a sandy stratum

Drill

To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.

Drill

To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

Drill

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Drill

A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.

Drill

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.

Drill

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.

Drill

A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.

Drill

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

Drill

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

Drill

An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.

Drill

A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.

Drill

A row of seed sown in a furrow.

Drill

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.

Drill

An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

Drill

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

Drill

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.

Drill

To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline.
He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.

Drill

To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.

Drill

To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.

Drill

To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.

Drill

To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; - with on.
See drilled him on to five-fifty.

Drill

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.

Drill

To trickle.

Drill

To sow in drills.

Drill

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.

Drill

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.

Drill

Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

Drill

A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea.

Drill

A small trickling stream; a rill.
Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.

Drill

An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.

Drill

A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).

Drill

Same as Drilling.

Drill

A tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

Drill

Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

Drill

Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect

Drill

(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

Drill

Make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;
Don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
Drill a hole into the wall
Drill for oil

Drill

Train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

Drill

Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales

Drill

Teach by repetition

Drill

Undergo military training or do military exercises

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