Drill

//dɹɪl//

Synonyms for "drill" (400 found)

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Closest matches (80)

Noun(1 words)
chino

Strong matches (120)

Noun(1 words)
exercise

Related words (200)

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Related terms

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at location

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dbpedia genus

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etymologically related_to

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manner of

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used for

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Translations

374 translations across 85 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • turjelë noun (tool)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μελέτη noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • τόρος noun (tool)
  • ἀρίς noun (tool)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بريمة noun (tool)
  • تَدْرِيْبات noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • لقمة ثقب noun (driving part of a drill)
  • مِثْقَاب noun (tool)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գայլիկոնիչ noun (tool)
  • դռել noun (tool)

Asturian

3 entries
  • barrenu noun (tool)
  • tarabiella noun (tool)
  • táladru noun (tool)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • burğu noun (tool)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • бырау noun (tool)
  • күнегеү noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бормашы́на noun (tool)
  • дрыль noun (tool)
  • трэніро́ўка noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তুরপুন noun (tool)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • बरमा noun (tool)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бо́рмашина noun (tool)
  • бурги́я noun (driving part of a drill)
  • габардин noun (cotton fabric)
  • мандрил noun (Old World monkey)

Catalan

4 entries
  • dril noun (cotton fabric)
  • trepant noun (tool)
  • foradar verb (to make a hole)
  • perforar verb (to make a hole)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • سمەک noun (tool)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏔᎴᏍᎦ verb (to make a hole)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 演練 /演练 noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • 耬 /耧 noun (agricultural implement)
  • 耬車 /耧车 noun (agricultural implement)
  • 訓練 /训练 noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Czech

2 entries
  • vrtačka noun (tool)
  • vrtat verb (to make a hole)

Danish

4 entries
  • bor noun (tool)
  • boremaskine noun (tool)
  • dril noun (Old World monkey)
  • bore verb (to make a hole)

Dutch

4 entries
  • boor noun (tool)
  • boor noun (driving part of a drill)
  • boormachine noun (tool)
  • dril noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • buorå verb (to make a hole)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • dreliko noun (cotton fabric)
  • drilo noun (tool)

Estonian

3 entries
  • trell noun (tool)
  • trellpuur noun (tool)
  • drillima verb (to make a hole)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bora verb (to make a hole)

Finnish

4 entries
  • drelli noun (cotton fabric)
  • drilli noun (Old World monkey)
  • harjoite noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • harjoitus noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

French

4 entries
  • chignole noun (driving part of a drill)
  • coutil noun (cotton fabric)
  • drill noun (Old World monkey)
  • entraînement noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Galician

3 entries
  • broca noun (driving part of a drill)
  • trade noun (tool)
  • tradear verb (to make a hole)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბურღი noun (tool)

German

4 entries
  • Bohrer noun (tool)
  • Bohrmaschine noun (tool)
  • Drill noun (driving part of a drill)
  • Drill noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Greek

4 entries
  • άσκηση noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • γυμνάσιο noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • δράπανο noun (tool)
  • εκπαιδεύω verb (to practice)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • qillerut noun (tool)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מקדחה noun (tool)
  • קדח verb (to make a hole)
  • תרגל verb (to practice)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ड्रिल noun (tool)
  • बरमा noun (tool)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • barázda noun (light furrow or channel to put seed into)
  • fúró noun (tool)
  • fúrófej noun (driving part of a drill)
  • fúrógép noun (tool)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • bor noun (tool)
  • bora verb (to make a hole)

Ido

3 entries
  • borilo noun (tool)
  • borar verb (to make a hole)
  • exercar verb (to practice)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bor noun (tool)
  • dril noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • jara noun (tool)
  • latihan noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • pura noun (tool)
  • purata verb (to make a hole)

Irish

1 entries
  • druilire noun (tool)

Italian

4 entries
  • esercitazione noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • punta noun (driving part of a drill)
  • seminatrice noun (agricultural implement)
  • solco noun (light furrow or channel to put seed into)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ドリル noun (tool)
  • ドリル noun (Old World monkey)
  • 訓練 noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • fura verb (to make a hole)

Kashubian

2 entries
  • bórmaszinka noun (tool)
  • drëlich noun (cotton fabric)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бәрбі noun (tool)
  • үскі noun (tool)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ខួង verb (to make a hole)
  • ស្វាន verb (to make a hole)

Korean

2 entries
  • 드릴 noun (tool)
  • 훈련 noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дрель noun (tool)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຫັດ verb (to practice)
  • ເຈາະ verb (to make a hole)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • būreit verb (to make a hole)
  • svuorpstuot verb (to make a hole)
  • vūrbt verb (to make a hole)

Latin

3 entries
  • terebra noun (tool)
  • terebrō verb (to make a hole)
  • trānsfīgō verb (to make a hole)

Latvian

1 entries
  • urbt verb (to make a hole)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • борма́шина noun (tool)
  • бу́ргија noun (driving part of a drill)
  • ве́жба noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • ду́пчалка noun (tool)

Malay

3 entries
  • gerudi noun (tool)
  • latih tubi noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • latihan noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Maltese

3 entries
  • driller noun (tool)
  • golja noun (tool)
  • trapan noun (tool)

Manx

1 entries
  • drilley noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • өрөм noun (tool)
  • ᠥᠷᠦᠮ᠎ᠡ noun (tool)

Māori

4 entries
  • hōrete noun (tool)
  • niho noun (driving part of a drill)
  • tūwiri noun (tool)
  • ore verb (to make a hole)

Nanai

1 entries
  • лунгу noun (tool)

Norman

1 entries
  • drîn noun (tool)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • bor noun (tool)
  • drill noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • bore verb (to make a hole)
  • drille verb (to practice)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • boremaskin noun (tool)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • بورغو noun (tool)
  • مثقب noun (tool)
  • بورغولامق verb (to make a hole)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • barena noun (tool)

Persian

3 entries
  • درل noun (tool)
  • دریل noun (tool)
  • مته noun (tool)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Boa noun (tool)

Polish

4 entries
  • drelich noun (cotton fabric)
  • musztra noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • wiertarka noun (tool)
  • wiertło noun (driving part of a drill)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • berbequim noun (tool)
  • broca noun (driving part of a drill)
  • furadeira noun (tool)
  • saquaritá noun (mollusc)

Romanian

4 entries
  • bormașină noun (tool)
  • burghiu noun (tool)
  • mașină de găurit noun (tool)
  • sfredel noun (tool)

Russian

4 entries
  • бормаши́на noun (tool)
  • бур noun (driving part of a drill)
  • бура́в noun (tool)
  • дрель noun (tool)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bušilica noun (tool)
  • бушилица noun (tool)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vŕtačka noun (tool)

Slovene

4 entries
  • vrtalnik noun (tool)
  • vrtalnik noun (tool)
  • izvrtati verb (to make a hole)
  • vrtati verb (to make a hole)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ӧрӱм noun (tool)

Spanish

4 entries
  • barrena noun (tool)
  • dril noun (Old World monkey)
  • dril noun (cotton fabric)
  • repetición noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kwata noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • toboa verb (to make a hole)

Swedish

4 entries
  • borr noun (driving part of a drill)
  • borrmaskin noun (tool)
  • drill noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • borra verb (to make a hole)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • barena noun (tool)

Tajik

1 entries
  • парма noun (tool)

Thai

3 entries
  • สว่าน noun (tool)
  • หัด verb (to practice)
  • เจาะ verb (to make a hole)

Turkish

3 entries
  • matkap noun (tool)
  • burgulamak verb (to make a hole)
  • delmek verb (to make a hole)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бормаши́на noun (tool)
  • дриль noun (tool)
  • сівалка noun (agricultural implement)
  • тренува́ння noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ڈرل noun (tool)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • drel noun (tool)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • máy khoan noun (tool)
  • thực hành noun (activity done as an exercise or practice)
  • khoan verb (to make a hole)

Welsh

4 entries
  • dril noun (driving part of a drill)
  • dril noun (agricultural implement)
  • dril noun (light furrow or channel to put seed into)
  • dril m tyllwr noun (tool)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • boarmasine noun (tool)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עקבער noun (tool)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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We had a fire drill yesterday.

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They intended to drill for oil.

Source: tatoeba (306433)

Japanese education is sometimes said to employ the drill and kill method.

Source: tatoeba (425009)

The singing of the local birds is akin to the sound of a drill.

Source: tatoeba (573921)

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