To kill (a domestic animal or beast of game), esp. for food or as a sacrifice; to slaughter. †Also, to take (fish).

transitive. To kill (cattle, sheep, or other animals), spec. for food.

transitive. To procure (meat) by killing animals.

To cause to fall to the ground; to overthrow; to kill or wound (a flying bird, or other animal). Also with aircraft as object.

To put game killed into a bag; also, to kill game (without reference to the bag). Also absol.

transitive. colloquial. With up. To make an end of, finish off (an opponent, prey, etc.); to take care of the completion of (a task, mission, etc.)…

transitive. To kill or slaughter (an animal or animals).

To slaughter (an ox, etc.) for beef. Also transferred, to knock down. U.S. slang.

To pick out (livestock, etc.) according to their quality. Also absol.

To make a carcass of.

transitive. To kill or remove (wild animals belonging to a local population) so as to provide food (or other useful product) or sport, or to reduce…