Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - drill
Drill
drill
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a pointed, esp. revolving, steel tool or machine used for boring cylindrical holes, sinking wells, etc. 2 a esp. Mil. instruction or training in military exercises. b rigorous discipline or methodical instruction, esp. when learning or performing tasks. c routine procedure to be followed in an emergency (fire-drill). d a routine or exercise (drills in irregular verb patterns). 3 colloq. a recognized procedure (I expect you know the drill). 4 any of various molluscs, esp. Urosalpinx cinera, that bore into the shells of young oysters. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) a (of a person or a tool) make a hole with a drill through or into (wood, metal, etc.). b make (a hole) with a drill. 2 tr. & intr. esp. Mil. subject to or undergo discipline by drill. 3 tr. impart (knowledge etc.) by a strict method. 4 tr. sl. shoot with a gun (drilled him full of holes). Derivatives driller n. Etymology: earlier as verb, f. MDu. drillen bore, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a machine used for making furrows, sowing, and covering seed. 2 a small furrow for sowing seed in. 3 a ridge with such furrows on top. 4 a row of plants so sown. --v.tr. 1 sow (seed) with a drill. 2 plant (the ground) in drills. Etymology: perh. f. obs. drill rill (17th c., of unkn. orig.) 3. n. a W. African baboon, Papio leucophaeus, related to the mandrill. Etymology: prob. a native name: cf. MANDRILL 4. n. a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric. Etymology: earlier drilling f. G Drillich f. L trilix -licis f. tri- three + licium thread
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I. verb Etymology: Dutch ~en Date: 1619 transitive verb 1. to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction , to impart or communicate by repetition , to train or exercise in military ~, 2. a. to bore or drive a hole in, to make by piercing action , to shoot with or as if with a gun, c. to propel (as a ball) with force or accuracy , to hit with force , intransitive verb to make a hole with a ~, to engage in an exercise, ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun II. noun Date: 1611 an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances by revolving or by a succession of blows, the act or exercise of training soldiers in marching and in executing prescribed movements with a weapon, 3. a physical or mental exercise aimed at perfecting facility and skill especially by regular practice, a formal exercise by a team of marchers, the approved, correct, or usual procedure for accomplishing something ; routine, 4. a marine snail (Urosalpinx cinerea) destructive to oysters by boring through their shells and feeding on the soft parts, any of several mollusks related to the ~, a ~ing sound, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1644 a western African baboon (Man~us leucophaeus syn. Papio leucophaeus) having a black face and brown coat and closely related to the typical man~s, IV. noun Etymology: perhaps from ~ small stream, from obsolete ~ to trickle, drip Date: 1727 1. a shallow furrow or trench into which seed is sown, a row of seed sown in such a furrow, a planting implement that makes holes or furrows, drops in the seed and sometimes fertilizer, and covers them with earth, V. transitive verb Date: circa 1740 to sow (seeds) by dropping along a shallow furrow, 2. to sow with seed or set with seedlings inserted in ~s, to distribute seed or fertilizer in by means of a ~, VI. noun Etymology: short for ~ing Date: 1743 a durable cotton twilled fabric ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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