DRILLS Synonyms

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• translating an idea into action

• the exercise of a profession

• knowledge of how something is usually done

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• learn by repetition

• engage in a rehearsal (of)

• avail oneself to

• engage in or perform

• a branch of knowledge

• a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

• the trait of being well behaved

• training to improve strength or self-control

• the act of disciplining

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

• similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

• train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

• learn by repetition

• teach by repetition

• undergo military training or do military exercises

• a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)

• (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory

• an event that repeats

• the act of doing or performing again

• the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

• an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• found in the ordinary course of events

• an uninterrupted rehearsal

• a meeting for execution of a group's functions

• the time during which a school holds classes

• a meeting devoted to a particular activity

• a meeting of spiritualists

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)

• exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

• the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

• a person who evokes boredom

• a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

• diameter of a tube or gun barrel

• a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

• cause to be bored

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

• provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

• recover through digging

• find by digging in the ground

• form by hollowing

• remove the inner part or the core of

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

• the act of gouging

• force with the thumb

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• make a groove in

• qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

• anything that serves as an enticement

• something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

• provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

• a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

• to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

• tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

• poke or thrust abruptly

• search or inquire in a meddlesome way

• stir by poking

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• make a hole by poking

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• take root and begin to grow

• come into existence, originate

• cheer for

• plant by the roots

• dig with the snout

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

• cause to take roots