drilled
d rild
- v make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- v train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- v learn by repetition
We drilled French verbs every day - v teach by repetition
- v undergo military training or do military exercises
- s trained in a skill by repetitious practice
well-drilled in military procedures
- Growing up in an oil-rich nation and understanding how oil is drilled, Emeagwali decided to use this problem as the subject of his doctoral dissertation.
- The other patients had mere indentations drilled into their skulls, to mimic the real procedure.
- Small holes had been drilled in it through which thieves could tap off fuel.