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review
English
Alternative forms
- re-view (rare for noun, obsolete for verb)
Etymology
From Middle English revewe, reveue, from Old French reveüe, revue (Modern French: revue), feminine form of reveü, past participle of reveoir (French: revoir), from Latin revide?, from re- +vide? (“see, observe”) (English: video). Equivalent to re- +? view. Compare retrospect. Doublet of revue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???vju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Noun
review (plural reviews)
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.
- The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!
- 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- Synonym: revue
- A survey of the available items or material.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
Derived terms
- board of review
- capsule review
- judicial review
Translations
Verb
review (third-person singular simple present reviews, present participle reviewing, simple past and past participle reviewed)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- (transitive, US, Canada) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
- (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
- 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shake?pear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:
- Cam[illo] What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review Sicilia; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.
- 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shake?pear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:
- (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Ody??ey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:
- Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Ody??ey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:
Translations
See also
Related terms
- reviewer
- reviewability
- medireview
- rereview
See also
- retrospect
- revise (v.)
Anagrams
- viewer
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drill
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?l, IPA(key): /d??l/, [d???]
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”).
Verb
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- Synonyms: excavate, bore, gouge; see also Thesaurus:make a hole
- (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- 1859, Thomas Macaulay, Life of Frederick the Great
- He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
- 1859, Thomas Macaulay, Life of Frederick the Great
- (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
- (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- Synonyms: plow, poke, root, shaft; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- 2010, MasseMord, Masshealing Masskilling
- Everytime when I rape your daughter. Your beautiful faces expressing how it hurts. Always while I drill her c*nt. I want to see you dead.
- 2012, SwizZz, Flu Shot
- Guess I'll be drilling her butt
Translations
Noun
drill (plural drills)
- A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
- Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.
- Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
- (uncountable, music) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
Wikispecies
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:drill.
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- drill bit
- twist drill
- drill press
- drill down
Etymology 2
Perhaps the same as Etymology 3; compare German Rille which can also mean "small furrow".
Noun
drill (plural drills)
- An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
- A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
- A row of seed sown in a furrow.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
Translations
Etymology 3
Uncertain. Compare the same sense of trill, and German trillen, drillen. Attestation predates Etymology 1.
Noun
drill (plural drills)
- (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
Translations
Verb
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
- Now it is a great square profunditie ; greene , and uneven at the bottome : into which a barren spring doch drill from betweene the stones of the North - ward wall
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English drillen, origin unknown.
Verb
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- Synonyms: entice, lead on, lure
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
- August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
- This cursed accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
- August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
Translations
Etymology 5
Probably of African origin; compare mandrill.
Noun
drill (plural drills)
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
Translations
Further reading
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 6
From German Drillich (“denim, canvas, drill”).
Noun
drill (countable and uncountable, plural drills)
- A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
Synonyms
- chino
Derived terms
- khaki drill, KD
Translations
French
Etymology
English drill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?il/
Noun
drill m (plural drills)
- drill (tool)
Related terms
- driller
Further reading
- “drill” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Verb
drill
- singular imperative of drillen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of drillen
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
drill
- imperative of drille
Westrobothnian
Verb
drill (preterite drillä)
- (transitive) twist, turn
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