dentist(n = noun.person) dental practitioner, tooth doctor - a person qualified to practice dentistry;
is a kind of medical man, medical practitioner
has particulars: dental surgeon, endodontist, exodontist, orthodontist, pedodontist, periodontist, prosthodontist

dentist, n. a person who is qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the mouth, jaws, teeth, and their supporting tissues, esp. the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones.

Derivative:
dentistry n.

Etymology:
F dentiste f. dent tooth

1.  drill(n = noun.artifact) - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows);
is a kind of tool
has parts: bit, chuck
has particulars: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble, bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill, brace and bit, breast drill, core drill, burr drill, dentist's drill, hand drill, handheld drill, power drill, reamer, trepan
Derived form verb drill₁

2.  drill(n = noun.animal) mandrillus leucophaeus - similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored;
is a kind of baboon

3.  drill(n = noun.act) exercise, practice, practice session, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
is a kind of grooming, preparation, training
has particulars: fire drill, manual, manual of arms, military drill, rehearsal, dry run, rehearsal, brushup, review, scrimmage, shadowboxing, target practice
Derived forms verb drill₃, verb drill₄

4.  drill(n = noun.act) - (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms;
is a kind of grooming, preparation, training
Derived form verb drill₅

1.  drill(v = verb.contact) bore - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
is one way to cut
Derived forms noun drill₁, noun drilling₂, noun drilling₁, noun electric drill₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  drill(v = verb.cognition) - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons;
is one way to develop, educate, prepare, train
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

3.  drill(v = verb.cognition) exercise, practice, practise - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
is one way to learn, read, study, take
Derived form noun drill₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

4.  drill(v = verb.cognition) - teach by repetition;
is one way to instruct, learn, teach
Derived form noun drill₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

5.  drill(v = verb.cognition) - undergo military training or do military exercises;
is one way to prepare, train
Derived form noun drill₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

drill, n. & v.
--n.
1 a pointed, esp. revolving, steel tool or machine used for boring cylindrical holes, sinking wells, etc.
2 a esp. Mil. instruction or training in military exercises. b rigorous discipline or methodical instruction, esp. when learning or performing tasks. c routine procedure to be followed in an emergency (fire-drill). d a routine or exercise (drills in irregular verb patterns).
3 colloq. a recognized procedure (I expect you know the drill).
4 any of various molluscs, esp. Urosalpinx cinera, that bore into the shells of young oysters.
--v.
1 tr. (also absol.) a (of a person or a tool) make a hole with a drill through or into (wood, metal, etc.). b make (a hole) with a drill.
2 tr. & intr. esp. Mil. subject to or undergo discipline by drill.
3 tr. impart (knowledge etc.) by a strict method.
4 tr. sl. shoot with a gun (drilled him full of holes).

Derivative:
driller n.

drill, n. & v.
--n.
1 a machine used for making furrows, sowing, and covering seed.
2 a small furrow for sowing seed in.
3 a ridge with such furrows on top.
4 a row of plants so sown.
--v.tr.
1 sow (seed) with a drill.
2 plant (the ground) in drills.

drill, n. a W. African baboon, Papio leucophaeus, related to the mandrill.

drill, n. a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric.

Etymology:
earlier drilling f. G Drillich f. L trilix -licis f. tri- three + licium thread

VB  open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.

N  perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.

N  rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.

N  teaching, instruction, edification, education, tuition, tutorage, tutelage, direction, guidance, opsimathy, qualification, preparation, training, schooling, discipline, excitation, drill, practice, book exercise, persuasion, proselytism, propagandism, propaganda, indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation, advise, explanation, lesson, lecture, sermon, apologue, parable, discourse, prolection, preachment, chalk talk, Chautauqua, exercise, task, curriculum, course, course of study, grammar, three R's, initiation, A, B, C, elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education, propaedeutics, moral tuition, gymnastics, calisthenics, physical drill, physical education, sloyd, phonics, rote, rote memorization, brute memory, cooperative learning, Montessori method, ungraded classes, test, examination, exam, final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks, A, B, C, D, E, F, gentleman's C, pass, fail, incomplete, homework, take-home lesson, exercise for the student, theme, project, teaching, taught, educational, scholastic, academic, doctrinal, disciplinal, instructive, instructional, didactic, propaedeutic, propaedeutical, the schoolmaster abroad, a bovi majori disscit arare minor, adeo in teneris consuecere multum est, docendo discimus, quaenocent docent, qui docet discit, sermons in stones and good in everything.

VB  teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

air drill, breast drill, burr drill, close-order drill, dentist's drill, drill bit, drill hole, drill in, drill instructor, drill master, drill rig, drill rod, drill site, drill steel, electric drill, fire drill, hand drill, handheld drill, military drill, pneumatic drill, power drill, rock drill, star drill, stone drill, straight-fluted drill, traverse drill, twist drill