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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise)
  • An Old World monkey of West Africa, ''Mandrillus leucophaeus'', similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
  • A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
  • A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
  • The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit

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Verb:

  • ergative To cause one's subordinates to drill (2)
  • To create a hole by removing material with a drill (1)
  • To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
  • To practice, especially in a military context
  • To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it

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