pill

pill¹

P0303400 (pĭl)n.1. A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.2. Informal An oral contraceptive. Used with the.3. Slang Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.4. Something both distasteful and necessary.5. Slang An insipid or ill-natured person.v. pilled, pil·ling, pills v.tr.1. To dose with pills.2. To make into pills.3. Slang To blackball.v.intr. To form small balls resembling pills: a sweater that pills.

[Middle English pille, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille and Old French pile, all from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila, ball; see pellet.]

pill²

P0303400 (pĭl)v. pilled, pil·ling, pills v.intr. Chiefly British To come off, as in flakes or scales.v.tr. Archaic To subject to extortion.

[Middle English pillen, to plunder, peel, from Old English pilian; see peel¹ and from Old French piller, to plunder; see pillage.]

pill

(pɪl) n1. (Pharmacology) a small spherical or ovoid mass of a medicinal substance, intended to be swallowed whole2. (Medicine) the pill (sometimes capital) informal an oral contraceptive3. something unpleasant that must be endured (esp in the phrase bitter pill to swallow)4. slang a ball or disc5. a small ball of matted fibres that forms on the surface of a fabric through rubbing6. slang an unpleasant or boring personvb7. (tr) to give pills to8. (tr) to make pills of9. (intr) a. to form into small ballsb. (of a fabric) to form small balls of fibre on its surface through rubbing10. (tr) slang to blackball[C15: from Middle Flemish pille, from Latin pilula a little ball, from pila ball]

pill

(pɪl) vb1. archaic or dialect to peel or skin (something)2. archaic to pillage or plunder (a place)3. obsolete to make or become bald[Old English pilian, from Latin pilāre to strip]

pill

(pɪl)

n. 1. a small tablet or capsule of medicine, usu. designed to be swallowed whole or dissolved in the mouth. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured. 3. Slang. a tiresomely disagreeable person. 4. Slang. a ball, esp. a baseball or golf ball. 5. the pill, (sometimes cap.) birth-control pill. v.t. 6. to form or make into pills. 7. Slang. to blackball. v.i. 8. to develop small, pill-like balls of fuzz on the surface, as a wool sweater. [1375–1425; late Middle English pille < Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pille « Latin pilula, diminutive of pila ball; see -ule]

pill

Past participle: pilled
Gerund: pilling

Imperative
pill
pill

Present
I pill
you pill
he/she/it pills
we pill
you pill
they pill

Preterite
I pilled
you pilled
he/she/it pilled
we pilled
you pilled
they pilled

Present Continuous
I am pilling
you are pilling
he/she/it is pilling
we are pilling
you are pilling
they are pilling

Present Perfect
I have pilled
you have pilled
he/she/it has pilled
we have pilled
you have pilled
they have pilled

Past Continuous
I was pilling
you were pilling
he/she/it was pilling
we were pilling
you were pilling
they were pilling

Past Perfect
I had pilled
you had pilled
he/she/it had pilled
we had pilled
you had pilled
they had pilled

Future
I will pill
you will pill
he/she/it will pill
we will pill
you will pill
they will pill

Future Perfect
I will have pilled
you will have pilled
he/she/it will have pilled
we will have pilled
you will have pilled
they will have pilled

Future Continuous
I will be pilling
you will be pilling
he/she/it will be pilling
we will be pilling
you will be pilling
they will be pilling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pilling
you have been pilling
he/she/it has been pilling
we have been pilling
you have been pilling
they have been pilling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pilling
you will have been pilling
he/she/it will have been pilling
we will have been pilling
you will have been pilling
they will have been pilling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pilling
you had been pilling
he/she/it had been pilling
we had been pilling
you had been pilling
they had been pilling

Conditional
I would pill
you would pill
he/she/it would pill
we would pill
you would pill
they would pill

Past Conditional
I would have pilled
you would have pilled
he/she/it would have pilled
we would have pilled
you would have pilled
they would have pilled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pill - something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or sizething - an artifact; "how does this thing work?"vitamin pill - a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement
	2.	pill - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pelletlozenge, tablet, tabbolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicinecapsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine insidedose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one timedragee - pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candysleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet - a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
	3.	pill - a unpleasant or tiresome persondisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	4.	pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
	5.	pill - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conceptionanovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pillbirth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, preventative, preventive - an agent or device intended to prevent conceptionDemulen - trade name for an oral contraceptiveEnovid - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrelLoestrin - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindroneLo/Ovral - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrelMicronor - trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindroneModicon - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindroneNorinyl - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranolNorlestrin - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindroneNor-Q-D - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindroneOvocon - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindroneOvral - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrelOvrette - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrelOvulen - trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compoundLipo-Lutin, progesterone - a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

pill

noun tablet, capsule, pellet, bolus, pilule a sleeping pilla bitter pill (to swallow) trial, pain (informal), bore, drag (informal), pest, nuisance, pain in the neck (informal) You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

pill

nounSlang. An unpleasant, tiresome person:bore.Slang: drip, dweeb, jerk, nerd, poop.

Translations

药丸药片

pill

(pil) noun a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed. She took a pill; sleeping-pills.药丸

pill

→ 药丸zhCN, 药片zhCN

I'm on the pill → 我服用口服避孕药
I'm not on the pill → 我不服用口服避孕药

pill

[pil] tablet.morning-after pill popular name for an emergency postcoital contraceptive containing a high dose of the hormones usually found in an contraceptive" >oral contraceptive, either an estrogen plus a progestational agent, or the latter alone; used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected intercourse occurs, or after a contraceptive method fails during intercourse, administered orally.

pill

(pil), A pill is spherical. Avoid referring to tablets and capsules as pills in formal speech and writing.1. A small globular mass of some coherent, but soluble, substance containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed.
See also: tablet. 2. The Pill; a colloquial term for oral contraceptives. [L. pilula; dim. of pila, ball]

pill

(pĭl)n.1. A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.2. Informal An oral contraceptive. Used with the.v. pilled, pilling, pills

pill

Chinese medicine
A therapeutic preparation consisting of ground herbal powder mixed with honey, rolled into a ball and baked; pills may be mixed with other bases—e.g., flour paste, beeswax and fermented dough.

Medspeak
A medication formulated in tablet form, meant for oral use.

pill

Medtalk A medication formulated in tablet form, intended to be taken orally. See Little yellow pill, Minipill, Pressure pill, Sugar pill, Water pill.

pill

(pil) 1. A small, globular mass of soluble material containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed; colloquially, any solid dosage form of oral medicine, including tablets and capsules. 2. "The pill"; colloquial term for an oral contraceptive. [L. pilula; dim. of pila, ball]

pill

See ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE.

pill

(pil) A pill is spheric. Avoid referring to tablets and capsules as pills.A small globular mass of some coherent, but soluble, substance containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed. [L. pilula; dim. of pila, ball]

Patient discussion about pill

Q. does sleeping pills addictive? and is it ok health wise? A. Most sleeping pills are addictive and it is advised to consult a doctor before starting any treatment, for the best treatment plan and what doses you should use.

Q. do any diet pills work A. There is orlistat that prevents absorbing fat from the diet, sibutramine that reduces appetite that are currently approved by the FDA. (see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601244.html and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601110.html)
There also surgeries for weight loss called "bariatric surgeries" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariatric_surgery).
However, the first step before the use of drugs or surgery is simply diet and physical exercise - these are the mainstay of weight loss. Drugs are usually an adjunct to it.

Q. how long dose pills take to get pills out your system A. Marijuana takes about a month to leave your system ,ask someone who has to have a UA

More discussions about pill

pill

pill 1

pill 2

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

Pill

What does it mean when you dream about a pill?

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

pill

Patient discussion about pill

PILL

pill

Synonyms for pill

noun tablet

Synonyms

phrase a bitter pill (to swallow)

Synonyms

Synonyms for pill

noun an unpleasant, tiresome person

Synonyms

Synonyms for pill

noun something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

Related Words

noun a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Synonyms

Related Words

noun a unpleasant or tiresome person

Related Words

noun something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

Related Words

noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Synonyms

Related Words

pill¹

pill²