bur English
Alternative forms
* burr
Noun
( en noun)
A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
Any of several plants having such husks.
A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
(small piece of material)
Anagrams
*
----
|
drill English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)
Verb
( en verb)
To create (a hole) by removing material with a (tool).
- Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
To practice, especially in a military context.
- They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
* Macaulay
- He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
To hit or kick with a lot of power.
* 2006 , Joe Coon, The Perfect Game ,
- He did get their attention when he drilled the ball dead center into the hole for an opening birdie.
* 2007 , Craig Cowell, Muddy Sunday ,
- Without compromising he drilled the ball home, leaving Dynamos' ill-fated keeper diving for fresh air.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Chris Whyatt
, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
citation
, page=
, passage=Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.}}
(slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- Is this going to take long? I've got a hot date to drill the flautist at the symphony tonight.'' - Brian Griffin, ''
To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- waters drilled through a sandy stratum
- (Thomson)
To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
(obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on .
* Addison
- She drilled him on to five-and-fifty, and will drop him in his old age
(obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
* Jonathan Swift
- This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
Noun
( en noun)
A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
-
The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
-
An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
A row of seed sown in a furrow.
An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise).
* , chapter=7
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}
-
(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
* Sandys
- Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills .
Any of several molluscs, of the genus , that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
( Ocenebrinae)
Derived terms
* dental drill
* dentist's drill
* drill barrow
* drill bow
* drill harrow
* drill plough, drill plow
* drill sergeant
Related terms
* drill bit
* twist drill
* drill press
* drill down
Etymology 2
Probably of African origin; compare mandrill.
Noun
( en noun)
An Old World monkey of West Africa, , similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
External links
* (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
* (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
* (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
Derived terms
* (l), (l)
Synonyms
* (l)
|
