drilling
noun
[ ˈdrɪlɪŋ ]
• the action of making a hole in something by boring with a drill.
• "the windows vibrated all day from the sound of drilling"
• instruction or training in military exercises.
• "our days often began with military drilling"
drilling
noun
• the action of planting the ground in furrows.
• "accurate ridging and drilling make hoeing much easier"
drill
verb
• produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill.
• "drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins"
• subject (someone) to military training exercises.
• "a sergeant was drilling new recruits"
Similar:
train,
instruct,
coach,
teach,
ground,
inculcate,
discipline,
exercise,
make fit,
rehearse,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’.
drill
verb
• sow (seed) with a drill.
• "crops drilled in autumn"
Origin:
early 18th century (as a noun in the sense ‘small furrow’): perhaps from drill1.
