drills 1 of 3

plural of drill
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as in exercises
something done over and over in order to develop skill doing vocabulary drills all afternoon in preparation for the test

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drills

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of drill

drills

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of drill
as in plants
to put or set into the ground to grow he drills soybeans in the same rows with corn

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“Drills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drills. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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