drilled
Pierced with tool
Drilled is the past tense of drill.
To drill is to bore a hole using a rotating tool, or to train through repetitive practice: The sergeant drilled the recruits until they moved as one.
Students are drilled on multiplication tables; dentists drill teeth.
In slang, to drill someone is to shoot them or, vulgarly, to have sex with them.
Drilled underground passage
- wellDug water source
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
bit · core · depth · sample · perforation · excavation · casing · mud
Shaped by cutting tools
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- boreTiresome individual or drill
lathe · mill · jig · fixture · gauge · micrometer · alignment · specification
Repeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
rote · memorization · exercise · instruction · coach · squad · formation · marching
Slippery viscous fluid
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
- offshoreAway from land
onshore · reservoir · crude · pipeline · derrick · rig · well · platform
Asked for information
- grilledCooked on metal bars
- interrogatedFormally questioned for information
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- probedInvestigated in depth
cross-examined · interview · suspect · witness · relentless · intense · persistent · inquiry
borehole
Drilled underground passage
derrick · bit · core · depth · sample · perforation · excavation · casing · mud · rotary
machined
Shaped by cutting tools
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
bore · lathe · mill · jig · fixture · gauge · micrometer · alignment · specification · tooling
practice
Repeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
discipline · rote · memorization · exercise · instruction · coach · squad · formation · marching · cadence
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
offshore · onshore · reservoir · crude · pipeline · derrick · rig · well · platform · hydrocarbon
questioned
Asked for information
- grilledCooked on metal bars
- interrogatedFormally questioned for information
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
probed · cross-examined · interview · suspect · witness · relentless · intense · persistent · inquiry · investigation
- depthsabyss, deep, bottom, chasm, fathomless
- excavateddug, excavated, dug up, unearthed, shoveled
- hollowed outscooped, gouged, carved, emptied, gutted
- conditionedtrained, habituated, programmed, adapted, shaped
- readinessready, prepared, set, alert, primed
- skilled traitsexpert, skilled, adept, proficient, masterful
drilleduntrained
Lacking learned skills
unpracticed · improvised · unrehearsed · spontaneous · unprepared
drilledignored
Purposely not noticed
neglected · undisciplined · coddled · indulged · left alone
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
- power drillElectric tool for boring holes
- drill sergeantTrains raw recruits harshly
- know the drillUnderstand the usual procedure
- drilled downAnalyzed in greater depth
- drill instructorMilitary trainer of recruits
drill, drilling, drills, drillings, redrilled, drillable, redrilling