drill
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[change]- (countable) A drill is an object used to dig a hole.
- He used the drill to make a hole on the wall.
- (countable & uncountable) A practice before a major event is called a drill.
- Our school often conduct fire drills to train us in case of a real fire.
- (countable) A drill is a type of primate.
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- If you drill a hole, you use a drill to make a hole in something.
- We must drill six holes in the wood for the screws.
- If you drill some information into someone's head, you make them review it again and again until they remember it.
- My teacher tried all ways to drill the mathematical concept into my head.