Definition of pill Pill
/pΙͺΛl/ - [pil] - pill
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| pill - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception | ||
| birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant | ||
| birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, preventative, preventive an agent or device intended to prevent conception | ||
| demulen trade name for an oral contraceptive | ||
| enovid trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel | ||
| loestrin trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone | ||
| lo/ovral trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel | ||
| micronor trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone | ||
| modicon trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone | ||
| norinyl trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol | ||
| norlestrin trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone | ||
| nor-q-d trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone | ||
| ovocon trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone | ||
| ovral trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel | ||
| ovrette trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel | ||
| ovulen trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound | ||
| pill - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | ||
| lozenge, tablet, tab | ||
| dosage, dose a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | ||
| bolus a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine | ||
| capsule a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | ||
| dragee pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | ||
| pill - something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size | ||
| thing a separate and self-contained entity | ||
| pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" | ||
| pill - a unpleasant or tiresome person | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pill (Noun)
A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. - pill (Noun)
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill. - pill (Noun)
A comical or entertaining person. - pill (Noun)
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person. - pill (Noun)
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing. - pill (Noun)
A baseball. - pill (Noun)
Informal a bullet. - pill (Noun)
An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. - pill (Verb)
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. - pill (Verb)
To form into the shape of a pill. - pill (Verb)
To medicate with pills. - pill (Verb)
To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark. - pill (Verb)
To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- pill (n.)
The peel or skin. - pill (v. i.)
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. - pill (v. t.)
To deprive of hair; to make bald. - pill (v. t.)
To peel; to make by removing the skin. - pill (v. t. & i.)
To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder. - pill (n.)
A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. - pill (n.)
Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
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pill
A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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pill
pil, n. a little ball of medicine: anything nauseous which must be accepted: (slang) a doctor: a disagreeable person.βv.t. (slang) to blackball.βn. Pillβ²-box, a box for holding pills: a kind of one-horse carriage. [Fr. piluleβL. pilula, dim. of pΔla, a ball.] -
pill
pil, v.t. and v.i. to strip, peel: to deprive of hair.βn. (Spens.) skin. [Peel.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β΅
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pill
(See PIL.) A term on the western coast for a draining rivulet, as well as the creek into which it falls.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue π
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pill
Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly the venereal one; but now commonly used by persons speaking of themselves: as, there stood poor pill garlick: i.e. there stood I.
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