drill vs rivet

drill

noun
  • A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. 

  • A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing. 

  • A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition. 

  • A row of seed sown in a furrow. 

  • The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit. 

  • Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals. 

  • 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 style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago. 

  • An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. 

  • An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. 

verb
  • To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). 

  • To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate. 

  • To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts. 

  • To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it. 

  • To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling. 

  • To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. 

  • To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context. 

  • To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level 

  • To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row. 

  • To shoot; to kill. 

  • To hit or kick with a lot of power. 

rivet

noun
  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. 

  • Any fixed point or certain basis. 

verb
  • To command the attention of. 

  • To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. 

  • To make firm or immovable. 

  • To install rivets. 

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