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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

Noun

1. a small mass of medicine intended to be swallowed whole

2. the pill Informal an oral contraceptive taken by a woman

3. something unpleasant that must be endured: her reinstatement was a bitter pill to swallow, the pill was sweetened by a reduction in interest [Latin pilula a little ball]

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 bitter pill (to swallow) trial, pain (informal) bore, drag (informal) pest, nuisance, pain in the neck (informal)

Translations

pill [pɪl] n → píldora;

the pill → la píldora;

to be on the pill → tomar la píldora (anticonceptiva)

pill [pɪl] n → pilule f;

the pill → la pilule;

to be on the pill → prendre la pilule

pill [pɪl] n → Tablette f, Pille f;

the pill (= contraceptive) → die Pille;

to be on the pill → die Pille nehmen

pill [pɪl] n → pillola;

to be on the pill → prendere 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.pilقُرْص، حَبَّة دَواءхапpilulkapille; -pille; tablet; -tabletdie Pilleχάπιpíldora, pastillapillقرصpilleripiluleגְלולָהगोलीpilulapirulapil(lyfja)pillapillola錠剤환약, 알약piliulėtablete; zāļu dražejapilpilpillepastylkapílulapilulăпилюля, таблеткаpilulkapilulapilulapillerยาเม็ดhap藥丸пігулкаدوا کي گوليviên thuốc药丸