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| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, exercise |
| Synonyms: | assignment, call, constitutional, daily dozen*, discipline, dress, dry run*, instruction, marching, preparation, repetition, shakedown*, training, tryout, workout, conditioning, drilling, gym, homework, learning by doing, maneuvers, run-through, warm-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | train, discipline |
| Synonyms: | accustom, break, break in, exercise, habituate, hone, instruct, practice, rehearse, teach, tune up, work out, get into shape, lick into shape, walk through |
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool for boring |
| Synonyms: | auger, bit, implement, punch, awl, borer, corkscrew, countersink, dibble, gimlet, jackhammer, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble |
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bore hole |
| Synonyms: | dig, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, sink in |
| Main Entry: | aerobics/aerobic |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while toning muscles |
| Synonyms: | drill, exercise, step, workout, aquarobics, dance workout, high impact, low impact, slimnastics, warm-up |
| Main Entry: | athletics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports |
| Synonyms: | contest, drill, practice, recreation, workout, events, exercises, games, races |
| Main Entry: | catechize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct and question |
| Synonyms: | ask, cross-examine, drill, educate, examine, grill, inquire, interrogate, query, quiz, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | answer, listen |
| Main Entry: | cavalcade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parade |
| Synonyms: | array, drill, procession, promenade, review, spectacle, train, march-past |
| Main Entry: | coach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct, usually in recreation |
| Synonyms: | break in*, cram, drill, educate, hone, lay it out for, lick into shape, prepare, pull one's coat, put through the grind, put through the mill, ready, school, teach, train, tutor |
| Antonyms: | accept, learn, listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, mature, nurture, rear, school, train, tutor, let in on, put hip, put through the grind, show the ropes |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | groom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
| Synonyms: | brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, nurture, preen, prim, prime, primp, ready, refine, refresh, sleek, spruce up*, tend, tidy, train, turn out, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, prep, pretty up, put through grind, put through mill, rub down, shape up, slick up*, smarten up, spiff up |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inculcate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, infuse information |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, communicate, drill, drum into*, educate, impart, impress, indoctrinate, inseminate, instill, instruct, plant, program, teach, break down, hammer into, shape up, work over |
| Notes: | one inculcates an idea or habit into people by persistent instruction; one indoctrinates people with certain values or beliefs through repeated instruction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indoctrinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brainwash |
| Synonyms: | convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inculcate, influence, initiate, instill, instruct, plant, program, school, teach, train, break down, work over |
| Antonyms: | neglect, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | march |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with deliberation |
| Synonyms: | advance, boot, drill, file, go on, journey, mount, move, pace, parade, patrol, pound, pound the pavement*, proceed, progress, promenade, range, space, stalk, step, stomp, stride, strut, traipse, tramp, tread, debouch, forge ahead, hoof it, move out, step out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, drill, excavate, extract, hew, pan, quarry, sap, scoop, shovel, unearth, work, dig for |
| Antonyms: | bury |
| Main Entry: | perforate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a hole in |
| Synonyms: | bore, drill, drive, hole, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pit, probe, punch, puncture, slit, stab, honeycomb, poke full of holes, shoot full of holes |
| Antonyms: | close up |
| Main Entry: | pierce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, penetrate |
| Synonyms: | bore, break, break in, cleave, crack, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, transfix, break through, crack open, pass through, stick into |
| Antonyms: | sew up |
| Main Entry: | prick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab, perforate |
| Synonyms: | bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur, sting |
| Main Entry: | rehearsal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation for performance |
| Synonyms: | call, description, drill, dry run*, experiment, practice, reading, recital, recitation, relation, shakedown*, trial balloon*, tryout, workout, going-over, practice session, prep, readying, recounting, rehearsing, retelling, run-through, test flight, trial performance |
| Antonyms: | cold turkey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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