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

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... show more

Roget 262: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet^†, drill, wimble^†, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar [Med.], trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit^†, gouge; spear etc. (weapon) 727; puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers.    ... show more

Dutch: boor, drilboor
Polish: wiertarka, bormaszyna

Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored.

synonym: Mandrillus leucophaeus.

Polish: dryl

Systematic training by multiple repetitions.

synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation.

Roget 537: teaching etc. v.; instruction; edification; education; tuition; tutorage, tutelage; direction, guidance; opsimathy^†.    qualification, preparation; training, schooling etc. v.; discipline; excitation.    drill, practice; book exercise.    persuasion, proselytism, propagandism^†, propaganda; indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation; advise etc. 695.    explanation etc. (interpretation) 522; lesson, lecture, sermon; apologue^†, parable; discourse, prolection^†, preachment; chalk talk; Chautauqua [U.S.].    exercise, task; curriculum; course, course of study; grammar, three R's, initiation, A.   B.C., etc. (beginning) 66.    elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics^†, moral tuition.    gymnastics, calisthenics; physical drill, physical education; sloyd^†.    [methods of teaching] phonics; rote, rote memorization, brute memory; cooperative learning; Montessori method, ungraded classes.    [measuring degree of learning of pupils] test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade [result of measurement of learning], score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete.    homework; take-home lesson; exercise for the student; theme, project.    ... show more

Dutch: oefening
Polish: ćwiczenie

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

Polish: dryl

Make a hole, especially 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.

synonym: bore.

Roget 260: open, ope^†, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce^†, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. (scoop out) 252; tunnel; transpierce^†, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in.    cut a passage through; make way for, make room for.    uncover, unclose, unrip^†; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.    ... show more

Dutch: vervelen, graven, blokken, drillen, boor, boren

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

Dutch: exerceren

Learn by repetition:
— We drilled French verbs every day.

synonyms: exercise, practice, practise.

Roget 537: teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten etc. (inform) 527.    inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft^†, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, implant; graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate.    given an idea of; put up to, put in the way of; set right.    sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind; give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot" [Thomson]; improve etc. 658.    expound etc. (interpret) 522; lecture; read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse; incept^†; hold forth, preach; sermonize, moralize; point a moral.    train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse^†, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct^†; initiate; inure etc. (habituate) 613.    put to nurse, send to school.    direct, guide; direct attention to etc. (attention) 457; impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory; beat into, beat into the head; convince etc. (belief) 484.    [instructional materials] book, workbook, exercise book.    [unnecessary teaching] preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted.    ... show more

Dutch: instuderen

Teach by repetition.

Dutch: oefenen

Undergo military training or do military exercises.