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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pill1 /pɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Drugsa small tablet or capsule of medicine:Take two of these pills at bedtime.
- something unpleasant that has to be accepted or suffered through:Being denied promotion was a bitter pill for her to swallow.
- Slang Termsa tiresomely disagreeable person.
- Drugs the pill, an oral contraceptive for women:Because she was on the pill, she didn't expect to get pregnant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pill1 (pil),USA pronunciation n. - Drugsa small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured:Ingratitude is a bitter pill.
- Slang Termsa tiresomely disagreeable person.
- Sporta ball, esp. a baseball or golf ball.
- Drugs the pill. See birth-control pill.
- British Terms pills, billiards.
v.t. - Drugsto dose with pills.
- to form or make into pills.
- Slang Termsto blackball.
v.i. - Textilesto form into small, pill-like balls, as the fuzz on a wool sweater.
- Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pille Latin pilula, diminutive of pila ball; see -ule
- late Middle English pille 1375–1425
- British Termsto peel.
- [Obs.]to become or cause to become bald.
- Latin pilāre to strip (said of hair). See pile3
- Middle English pilen, Old English pilian to skin, peel bef. 1100
- to rob, plunder, or pillage.
- 1150–1200; Middle English; probably conflation of pill2 with Middle French piller (see pillage)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pill /pɪl/ n - a small spherical or ovoid mass of a medicinal substance, intended to be swallowed whole
- the pill ⇒ (sometimes capital) informal an oral contraceptive
- something unpleasant that must be endured (esp in the phrase bitter pill to swallow)
- slang a ball or disc
- a small ball of matted fibres that forms on the surface of a fabric through rubbing
- slang an unpleasant or boring person
vb - (transitive) to give pills to
- (transitive) to make pills of
- (intransitive) to form into small balls
- (of a fabric) to form small balls of fibre on its surface through rubbing
- (transitive) slang to blackball
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Flemish pille, from Latin pilula a little ball, from pila ball pill /pɪl/ vb - archaic or dialect to peel or skin (something)
- archaic to pillage or plunder (a place)
- obsolete to make or become bald
Etymology: Old English pilian, from Latin pilāre to strip |