drilling
present participle ofdrill
drill
verb
uk/drɪl/us/drɪl/drillverb(MAKE HOLE)
[IorT]
to make aholein something using aspecialtool:
Drill threeholesin thewallfor thescrews.
They are going to drillforoilnearby.
Making holes in things
- bore
- borer
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture
- rebore
- redrill
- riddle
- undrilled
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Digging
drillverb(PRACTISE)
[IorT]
topractisesomething,especiallymilitaryexercises, or to make someone do this:
Wewatchedthesoldiersdrilling on theparadeground.
[Tusually+ adv/prep]
totellsomeone somethingrepeatedlyto make themrememberit:
It was drilledintous at an earlyagethat we should always say "please" and "thankyou".
He drilled thechildreninwhat they should say.
Repeating an action
- be at it againidiom
- be/sound like a broken recordidiom
- binge-watch
- bingeable
- blitz
- circle
- cycle
- drill
- Groundhog Day
- here
- here we go (again)idiom
- iterative
- keepyoureye inidiom
- rep
- reproducible
- reread
- rerun
- resend
- retread
- warm
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Military training & ceremonies
Saying again
Phrasal verb
drill down
Examplesofdrilling
drilling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Although the force control performance is affected by the noise generated by the rotating drill, the overall roboticdrillingperformance remains satisfactory.
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The calculations made will open the door for certain new areas and will also be helpful for laser cutting anddrilling.
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Its payload will include adrillingsystem, as well as a sampling and handling device integrated with the package of scientific instruments.
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The perforated disks were created by reworking a potsherd into a circular form by chipping,drilling, and then grinding the edges to a smooth finish.
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Problems with currentdrillingmethods, techniques to trace the cleanliness of samples collected, and complications with maintaining an aseptic environment are considered here.
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To minimize contamination problems for geochemical and isotopic analyses, we avoided the use ofdrillinglubricants containing organic materials.
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It is also true that we will bedrillingdown to a significant level of detail in this section.
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These characteristics can indicate the location of oil, and hence give valuable recommendations fordrillingnew wells and finding pumping regimes to optimise oil recovery.
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Duringdrilling, the temperature field was greatly disturbed.
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Accidents can occur at different stages of thedrilling, production, and supply stages at production facilities, pipelines, and vessels transporting energy resources.
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The discovery of the laws of hydrostatics leads him to the idea of the artesian well, for which he also constructs the suitabledrillingequipment.
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The proposal identifies the interactions between scientific and technological aspects, particularly in the necessary developments indrillingsystems.
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This could be adequate for a wirelinedrillingarrangement.
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Non-image and particularly spiked censers were more associated with birth/renewal, earth, rain, and calendrical rituals involving firedrilling.
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The results are interpreted in terms of the recast observed during the solidification phase of laser percussiondrilling.
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Collocationswithdrilling
drilling
These are words often used in combination withdrilling.
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drilling activity
There is a sharp reduction in drilling activity.
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drilling equipment
The discovery of the laws of hydrostatics leads him to the idea of the artesian well, for which he also constructs the suitable drilling equipment.
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drilling fluid
Drill cuttings are separated from the drilling fluid by shale shakers (for liquid drilling fluid), or by cyclone separators (for air drilling).
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- archaeological record
- archaeological research
- archaeological site
- archaeological study
- archaeological survey
- archaeologist
- archaeology
- archaic
- archaically
- archaic form
- archaic word
- archaism
- archangel
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- archdiocese
- archduchess
- archduke
- arched
- arched back
- arched bridge
- arched ceiling
- arched door
- arched entrance