pillnoun [ C ]
uk/pɪl/us/pɪl/pill noun [ C ] (MEDICINE)
B1 a small solid piece of medicine that a person swallows without chewing (= crushing with the teeth):
a type of pill for women that is taken every day in order to prevent them from becoming pregnant:
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- The new pill will be used alongside existing medicines.
- These pills I've been taking have done nothing for me.
- The doctor prescribed some pills.
- Dad's always forgetting to take his pills.
- When he was 17 he took an overdose of sleeping pills and nearly died.
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- dose
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tablet
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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pill noun [ C ] (PERSON)
US an annoying person:
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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pill noun [ C ] (ON CLOTHING)
US UK bobble a small ball of threads that develops on the surface of clothes or material:
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Textiles: general words
- baize
- bias
- bolt
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- filament
- gauze
- nap
- padding
- pile
- strand
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- yarn
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Idiom(s)
pillverb [ I ]
uk/pɪl/us/pɪl/US UK bobbleIf a piece of clothing or material pills, it develops small balls of threads on its surface.
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Textiles: general words
- baize
- bias
- bolt
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- filament
- gauze
- nap
- padding
- pile
- strand
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- yarn
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