Clean and Drill

Clean

Clean verb - To remove the dirt from.

Drill and clean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drill" instead a verb "Clean".

Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Drill

Drill verb - To make a hole or series of holes in.

Clean and drill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clean" instead a verb "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Common collocations

face clean face drill face
home clean home drill home
floor clean floor drill floor
ship clean ship drill ship
Other words: brain.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Super Mario Logan In "Bowser Junior Goes to military School" the drill sergeant tells Jr to clean his toilet with a toothbrush and make it so clean that he can eat off of it (which he intends to do).
  • Toothbrush Floor Scrubbing Joe comic series, Drill Sergeant Nasty Beachhead tells a recruit that a cruel man would make him clean the barracks with a toothbrush, before making him clean the barracks with a POTATO.
  • Back-Alley Doctor An amusing yet disturbing anecdote in 4e's Corporate Enclaves supplement concerns a group of street docs so sloppy that they didn't even bother to clean their bone drill while installing a datajack.
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