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Pill

Pill Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pill? [n] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [n] something that resembles a pill in shape or size [n] a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pill: anovulant \| anovulatory drug \| birth control pill \| contraceptive pill \| lozenge \| oral contraceptive \| oral contraceptive pill \| tablet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pill: bag \| bastard \| birth control device \| bolus \| bore \| bugger \| butt \| buttonholer \| capsule \| condom \| contraceptive \| contraceptive foam \| cough drop \| crank \| crashing bore \| creep \| cure \| diaphragm \| drag \| drip \| drug \| dryasdust \| dusty \| fag \| fart \| flat tire \| frightful bore \| headache \| heel \| hood \| hooligan \| humdrum \| intrauterine device \| IUD \| jerk \| louse \| lozenge \| meanie \| medicament \| medication \| medicine \| mother \| nuisance \| oral contraceptive \| pastille \| pellet \| pessary \| pest \| pharmaceutical \| prophylactic \| proser \| rat \| remedy \| rubber \| shit \| shithead \| shitheel \| skin \| smoke \| SOB \| spermicidal jelly \| spermicide \| stinkard \| stinker \| tablet \| the pill \| troche \| turd \| twaddler \| wet blanket See Also \| birth control device \| bolus \| capsule \| contraceptive \| contraceptive device \| Demulen \| dose \| dragee \| Enovid \| Lipo-Lutin \| Lo/Ovral \| Loestrin \| Micronor \| Modicon \| Norinyl \| Norlestrin \| Nor-Q-D \| Ovocon \| Ovral \| Ovrette \| Ovulen \| preventative \| preventive \| progesterone \| prophylactic device \| sleeping capsule \| sleeping draught \| sleeping pill \| sleeping tablet \| thing \| vitamin pill Pill In Webster's Dictionary \Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.] The peel or skin. [Obs.] ``Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts.'' --Holland. \Pill\, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E. pill, n. (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.] 2. To peel; to make by removing the skin. [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods. --Gen. xxx. 37. \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. {Peel} to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser. Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. --Sir T. Malroy. \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.] 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.

Pill Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pill?

[n] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
[n] something that resembles a pill in shape or size
[n] a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Pill In Webster's Dictionary

\Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.]
The peel or skin. [Obs.] ``Some be covered over with crusts,
or hard pills, as the locusts.'' --Holland.


\Pill\, v. i.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.


\Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.
pill, n. (above).]
1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]

2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.

         [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.
                                               --Gen. xxx.
                                               37.


\Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.
Cf. {Peel} to plunder.]
To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to
plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.

      Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill
      and to rob.                              --Sir T.
                                               Malroy.


\Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.
of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.]
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.

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