| drill | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. drill | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows). |
| ~ screw auger, wimble, auger, gimlet | hand tool for boring holes. |
| ~ bit | the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.; "he looked around for the right size bit" |
| ~ bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock. |
| ~ brace and bit | a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it. |
| ~ breast drill | a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work. |
| ~ chuck | a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill. |
| ~ core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole. |
| ~ burr drill, dentist's drill | a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth. |
| ~ hand drill, handheld drill | a small portable drill held and operated by hand. |
| ~ power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials. |
| ~ reamer | a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| ~ trepan | a drill for cutting circular holes around a center. |
| n. (animal) | 2. drill, mandrillus leucophaeus | similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. |
| ~ baboon | large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles. |
| n. (act) | 3. drill, exercise, practice, practice session, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ grooming, training, preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior. |
| ~ fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire. |
| ~ manual of arms, manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle. |
| ~ military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons. |
| ~ rehearsal | (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory. |
| ~ dry run, rehearsal | a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert).; "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" |
| ~ brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ scrimmage | (American football) practice play between a football team's squads. |
| ~ shadowboxing | sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training). |
| ~ target practice | practice in shooting at targets. |
| n. (act) | 4. drill | (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms. |
| ~ grooming, training, preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| v. (contact) | 5. bore, drill | make a hole, especially 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"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" |
| ~ spud | initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum.; "The well was spudded in April" |
| ~ counter-drill | drill in an opposite direction. |
| ~ trepan | cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. drill | train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons. |
| ~ train, educate, prepare, develop | create by training and teaching.; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. drill, exercise, practice, practise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| ~ learn, study, read, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram down | teach by drills and repetition. |
| ~ inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. drill | undergo military training or do military exercises. |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
| hole | | |
| n. (object) | 1. hole | an opening into or through something. |
| ~ aperture | a natural opening in something. |
| ~ bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den. |
| ~ bullet hole | a hole made by a bullet passing through it. |
| ~ cranny | a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall). |
| ~ leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.; "one of the tires developed a leak" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| ~ ozone hole | an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone. |
| ~ perforation | a hole made in something.; "a perforation of the eardrum" |
| ~ rathole | a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats. |
| ~ knothole | a hole in a board where a knot came out. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| ~ air hole | a hole that allows the passage of air. |
| ~ armhole | a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached. |
| ~ bunghole | a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it. |
| ~ button hole, buttonhole | a hole through which buttons are pushed. |
| ~ countersink | a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface. |
| ~ cup | the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green.; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup" |
| ~ ear hole | a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears. |
| ~ eye | a small hole or loop (as in a needle).; "the thread wouldn't go through the eye" |
| ~ eyelet, eyehole | a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar. |
| ~ finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger. |
| ~ finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it. |
| ~ hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe | the hole that an anchor rope passes through. |
| ~ keyhole | the hole where a key is inserted. |
| ~ loophole | a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons. |
| ~ lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds. |
| ~ manhole | a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure. |
| ~ mortice, mortise | a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint. |
| ~ mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth. |
| ~ nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ eyehole, peephole, spyhole | a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep. |
| ~ perforation | a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place. |
| ~ plughole | a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away). |
| ~ post hole, posthole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post. |
| ~ puncture | a small hole made by a sharp object. |
| ~ sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones. |
| ~ thumbhole | the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb. |
| ~ vent, vent-hole, venthole, blowhole | a hole for the escape of gas or air. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. golf hole, hole | one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course.; "he played 18 holes" |
| ~ dogleg | a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway. |
| ~ golf course, links course | course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf. |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (shape) | 4. hole | an unoccupied space. |
| ~ space | an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).; "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" |
| ~ pore | any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas). |
| n. (object) | 5. hole, hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| ~ burrow, tunnel | a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter. |
| ~ gopher hole | a hole in the ground made by gophers. |
| ~ kettle hole, kettle | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits. |
| ~ natural depression, depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation. |
| ~ cavity, pit | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).; "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
| ~ chuckhole, pothole | a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface). |
| ~ rabbit burrow, rabbit hole | a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits. |
| ~ wormhole | hole made by a burrowing worm. |
| n. (state) | 6. hole | a fault.; "he shot holes in my argument" |
| ~ flaw, fault, defect | an imperfection in an object or machine.; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" |
| n. (state) | 7. fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle | informal terms for a difficult situation.; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| ~ dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | a poor job; a mess.; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job" |
| n. (body) | 8. cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap, yap | informal terms for the mouth. |
| ~ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge.; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" |
| v. (contact) | 9. hole, hole out | hit the ball into the hole. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (contact) | 10. hole | make holes in. |
| ~ core out, hollow out, hollow | remove the interior of.; "hollow out a tree trunk" |
| pit | | |
| n. (object) | 1. cavity, pit | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).; "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
| ~ trou-de-loup | a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy. |
| ~ barbecue pit | a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat. |
| ~ borrow pit | a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site. |
| ~ divot | (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke.; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" |
| ~ fire pit | a pit whose floor is incandescent lava.; "the fire pit of the crater" |
| ~ hollow, hole | a depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| ~ quicksand | a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down. |
| ~ sandpit | a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug. |
| ~ sawpit | a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw. |
| ~ tar pit | a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved. |
| n. (shape) | 2. fossa, pit | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). |
| ~ glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa | the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint. |
| ~ glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa | a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible. |
| ~ bodily cavity, cavum, cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. |
| ~ epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach | a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus). |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (plant) | 3. endocarp, pit, stone | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" |
| ~ pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. |
| ~ peach pit | the stone seed of a peach. |
| ~ cherry stone | the stone seed of a cherry. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. hell, infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions" |
| ~ fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings. |
| ~ gehenna, tartarus | a place where the wicked are punished after death. |
| ~ hellfire, red region | a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned. |
| ~ christian religion, christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pit | an enclosure in which animals are made to fight. |
| ~ cockpit | a pit for cockfights. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pit | (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ commodities exchange, commodities market, commodity exchange | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. pit | (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled. |
| ~ auto racing, car racing | the sport of racing automobiles. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. pit, pitfall | a trap in the form of a concealed hole. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pit, quarry, stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
| ~ chalk pit, chalkpit | a quarry for chalk. |
| ~ excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating. |
| ~ gravel pit | a quarry for gravel. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. orchestra pit, pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ theater, theatre, house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. colliery, pit | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. |
| ~ coal mine, coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground. |
| ~ mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| v. (competition) | 12. match, oppose, pit, play off | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| v. (contact) | 13. mark, pit, pock, scar | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| ~ pockmark | mark with or as if with pockmarks.; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" |
| ~ cicatrise, cicatrize | form a scar, after an injury.; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (change) | 14. pit, stone | remove the pits from.; "pit plums and cherries" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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