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drill
What does drill mean?
drill (verb): make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use drill in a sentence?
- Drill a hole into the wall. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce drill?
/dɹɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of drill?
Words related to drill
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “drill” mean?
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Right! That's what “drill” means.
have the financial means to do something or buy something
Not quite: that's what afford means.
to look with difficulty, or as if searching for something
Not quite: that's what peer means.
to use in place of something else, with the same function
Not quite: that's what substitute means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “drill”?
give
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show
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feel
Not quite: feel means something else.
bore
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