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Definition of Pill
1. Noun. Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size.
2. Noun. A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet.
Specialized synonyms: Bolus, Capsule, Dragee, Sleeping Capsule, Sleeping Draught, Sleeping Pill, Sleeping Tablet
Generic synonyms: Dosage, Dose
3. Noun. A unpleasant or tiresome person.
4. Noun. Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured. "His competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"
5. Noun. A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception.
Generic synonyms: Birth Control Device, Contraceptive, Contraceptive Device, Preventative, Preventive, Prophylactic Device
Specialized synonyms: Demulen, Enovid, Loestrin, Lo/ovral, Micronor, Modicon, Norinyl, Norlestrin, Nor-q-d, Ovocon, Ovral, Ovrette, Ovulen
Terms within: Lipo-lutin, Progesterone
Definition of Pill
1. n. The peel or skin.
2. v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
3. v. t. To deprive of hair; to make bald.
4. v. t. & i. To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.
5. n. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
Definition of Pill
1. Noun. A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing. ¹
2. Noun. (informal preceded by (term the)) ''The pill'': A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive. ¹
3. Noun. A comical or entertaining person. ¹
4. Noun. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person. ¹
5. Noun. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing. ¹
6. Noun. (archaic baseball slang) A baseball. ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. ¹
9. Verb. To form into the shape of a pill. ¹
10. Verb. To medicate with pills. ¹
11. Verb. (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark. ¹
12. Verb. (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish. ¹
13. Noun. (context: now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pill
1. to dose with pills (small, rounded masses of medicine) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pill
1.
The peel or skin. "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts."
Origin: Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.
1. To deprive of hair; to make bald.
2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. "[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . In the rods." (Gen. Xxx. 37)
Origin: Cf. L. Pilare to deprive of hair, and E. Pill, n. (above).
1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pill
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