Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
trained in a skill by repetitious practice;
- Example: "well-drilled in military procedures"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drill \Drill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drilling.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably
akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See Thrill.]
1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to
perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a
piece of metal.
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2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as
soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to
instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch
of knowledge; to discipline.
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He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he
drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drilled
adj 1: trained in a skill by repetitious practice; "well-drilled
in military procedures"