Noun drilling has 2 senses
  1. drilling, boring - the act of drilling
    --1 is a kind of creating by removal
    Derived form: verb drill1
  2. boring, drilling, oil production - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
    --2 is a kind of production
    Derived form: verb drill1
,Verb drill has 5 senses
  1. bore, drill - make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"
    --1 is one way to cut
    Derived forms: noun drill1, noun electric drill1, noun drilling1, noun drilling2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
    --2 is one way to
    train, develop, prepare, educate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. drill, exercise, practice, practise - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
    --3 is one way to learn, study, read, take
    Derived form: noun drill3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. drill - teach by repetition
    --4 is one way to
    teach, learn, instruct
    Derived form: noun drill3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. drill - undergo military training or do military exercises
    --5 is one way to
    train, prepare
    Derived form: noun drill4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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