pill

pill ¹  (pl)

n.

1. A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.

2. Informal An oral contraceptive. Used with the.

3. Slang Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.

4. Something both distasteful and necessary.

5. Slang An insipid or ill-natured person.

v. pilled, pil·ling, pills

v.tr.

1. To dose with pills.

2. To make into pills.

3. Slang To blackball.

v.intr.

To form small balls resembling pills: a sweater that pills.

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[Middle English pille, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German pille and Old French pile, all from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila, ball.]

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pill ²  (pl)

v. pilled, pil·ling, pills

v.intr. Chiefly British

To come off, as in flakes or scales.

v.tr. Archaic

To subject to extortion.

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[Middle English pillen, to plunder, peel, from Old English pilian; see peel¹ and from Old French piller, to plunder; see pillage.]

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pill¹

n

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) a small spherical or ovoid mass of a medicinal substance, intended to be swallowed whole

(Medicine)

the (sometimes capital) Informal an oral contraceptive

3. something unpleasant that must be endured (esp in the phrase bitter pill to swallow)

4. Slang a ball or disc

5. a small ball of matted fibres that forms on the surface of a fabric through rubbing

6. Slang an unpleasant or boring person

vb

1. (tr) to give pills to

2. (tr) to make pills of

3. (intr)

a.  to form into small balls

b.  (of a fabric) to form small balls of fibre on its surface through rubbing

4. (tr) Slang to blackball See also pills

[from Middle Flemish pille, from Latin pilula a little ball, from pila ball]

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pill²

vb

1. Archaic or dialect to peel or skin (something)

2. Archaic to pillage or plunder (a place)

3. Obsolete to make or become bald

[Old English pilian, from Latin pilāre to strip]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pill - something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size thing - an artifact; "how does this thing work?" vitamin pill - a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement
	2.	pill - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet lozenge, tablet, tab bolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside dose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time dragee - pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet - a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
	3.	pill - a unpleasant or tiresome person disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	4.	pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
	5.	pill - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill 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 Lipo-Lutin, progesterone - a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

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pill

noun tablet, capsule, pellet, bolus, pilule a sleeping pill

a bitter pill (to swallow) trial, pain (informal), bore, drag (informal), pest, nuisance, pain in the neck (informal) You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

Translations

pill [pɪl]

A. N

1. (Med, fig) → píldora f, pastilla f
to take a pill → tomar una píldora
to sugar or sweeten the pill → dorar la píldora
see also bitter A1
see also pop C2

2. (= contraceptive) the pill → la píldora(anticonceptiva)
to be on/take the pill → tomar la píldora(anticonceptiva)
to go on/come off the pill → empezar a/dejar de tomar la píldora
birth control or contraceptive pill → píldora f anticonceptiva

B. CPD pill bottle N → frasco m de pastillas

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pill [ˈpɪl] n

(= tablet) → pilule f
it's a bitter pill to swallow (fig) → la pilule est dure à avaler
You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow → Tu es trop vieux pour qu'on te donne un travail: la pilule est dure à avaler.
to sweeten the pill → faire passer la pilule
to sugar the pill → faire passer la pilule pill bottle

(= contraceptive) the pill → la pilule
to be on the pill → prendre la pilule

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pill

n

→ Tablette f; the pill → die Pille; to be/go on the pill → die Pille nehmen ? bitter ADJ a

(sl, = ball) → Pille f (sl)

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pill [pɪl] n → pillola
to be on the pill (contraceptive) → prendere la pillola
to sweeten or sugar the pill (fig) → indorare la pillola

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pill [pɪl] n → pillola
to be on the pill (contraceptive) → prendere la pillola
to sweeten or sugar the pill (fig) → indorare la pillola

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pill

n pill [pil]

a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed She took a pill; sleeping-pills. pil قُرْص، حَبَّة دَواء хап pilulka pille; -pille; tablet; -tablet die Pille χάπι píldora, pastilla pill قرص pilleri pilule גְלולָה गोली pilula pirula pil (lyfja)pilla pillola 錠剤 알약 piliulė tablete; zāļu dražeja pil pil pille pastylka pílula pilulă пилюля, таблетка pilulka pilula pilula piller ยาเม็ด hap 藥丸 пігулка دوا کي گولي viên thuốc 药丸

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pill → حبة دواء, لوحة pilulka, tableta pille, tablet Pille, Tablette δισκίο, χάπι comprimido, pastilla pilleri, tabletti cachet, pilule pilula, tableta compressa 丸薬, 錠剤 알약, 정제 pil, tablet pille, tablett pigułka, tabletka comprimido, pílula пилюля, таблетка piller, tablett ยา, ยาเม็ดแบน hap viên thuốc 口服避孕药, 药片