pill¹ /pil/

1. A little ball, flattened sphere or disc, etc of medicine for swallowing (see also the pill below)
2. A ball, eg a cannonball, tennis-ball, or (in pl) billiards (facetious)
3. Anything disagreeable that must be accepted
4. A tiresome person
5. A doctor (slang; also in pl)
6. (in pl) little balls that form on the surface of fabric during use, through rubbing, etc

1. To dose with pills
2. To form into pills
3. To blackball (slang)

(of fabric) to (have a tendency to) develop pills on the surface

pillˈing noun

pillˈbox noun

1. A box for holding pills
2. A small blockhouse (military)
3. A kind of one-horse carriage (archaic)
4. A small round brimless hat

pill bug noun

A woodlouse that rolls itself into a ball

pillˈhead or pillˈ-popper noun (slang)

A regular, usu addicted, taker of sedative and/or stimulant pills, eg barbiturates and amphetamines

pillˈworm noun

A millipede that curls up

pillˈwort noun

A water fern (genus Pilularia) found at lake-margins, with pill-like sporocarps

on the pill

Taking contraceptive pills regularly

the pill any of various contraceptive pills (see oral contraception under oral).

pill² /pil/

1. To plunder (archaic)
2. To peel (dialect)
3. To make or become hairless (obsolete)

A husk or integument

pillˈage noun

1. The act of plundering
2. Plunder

To plunder

pillˈager noun

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