Sekirov Dictionary

pill

/pɪl/

noun 12
verb 10
forms 3
phrases 8

noun12

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a little round or long object with medicine in it, made so that it goes down the throat easily
- Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken. — 1864
Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
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Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- Jane went on the pill when she left for college.
- She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
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A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
- One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called “sweater pills,” hung halfway to the floor. — 1999
(slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
(slang) A comical or entertaining person.
(slang) A bullet (projectile).
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(slang) A baseball.
- "Strike two!" bawled the umpire. I threw the pill back to Tom with a heart which drummed above the noise of the rooters along the side lines. — 1931
(UK) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. Pill can occur in the name of such an inlet.
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(no longer used) The peel or skin.
- Some be covered with crusts or hard pills, as the locust — 1601

verb10

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Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.
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To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
- She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
- Pilling the cat is such a nightmare.
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To take recreational drugs in pill form.
- Nev offered it to Layla who replied, "Thanks, but at the moment I'm pilling and it will bring me down." — 2017
(Internet) To persuade or convince someone of something.
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To form into the shape of a pill.
- Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
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To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- [Jacob] pilled white streaks[…]in the rods. — 1611
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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(slang, old-fashioned) To blackball (a potential club member).
- “I pilled him because he is a liar,” said Thackeray. “He calls himself 'ill' when he isn't.” — 1907
(no longer used) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
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(no longer used) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
- The Galles and those pilling Briggandines, That yeerely saile to the Uenetian goulfe, And houer in the straightes for Christians wracke, Shall lie at anchor in the Isle Asant. — 1587

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Phrases with pill

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