pill
IPA: pˈɪɫ
noun
- (broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- (strictly) Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
- (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
- (textile) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.
- (archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.
- (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
- (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle containing a brief text caption indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- (obsolete) The peel or skin.
- (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
- A village in Pill and Easton-in-Gordano parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5275).
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- To form into the shape of a pill.
- (transitive) To medicate with pills.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
- (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To blackball (a potential club member).
- (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
- To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
- (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
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Examples of "pill" in Sentences
- The pills debilitate them.
- The pill relieved the pain.
- The pill contained antitoxin.
- He was anesthetized by the pill.
- The pill is to attain equanimity.
- He places the pills in the crate.
- A pill is prepared for use in dyspepsia.
- It was illegal to debilitate with a pill.
- It is linked to use of the contraceptive pill.
- The manufacture of the pills was discontinued in 1998.
- If you are like me missing a pill is a dramatic event just because you missed it.
- The primary mode of contraception with the pill is to suppress ovulation, thereby preventing conception.
- The glass of water on his endtable, with the orange vitamin pill next to it, on that month's issue of Coin & Currency Collecting.
- Chest deep into an addiction to the title pill, Stephen Elliott struggles to write and struggles to maintain a fulfilling relationship.
- Best I've heard (range talk) is 2900+ approaching 3000 with 153 grain pill, .. (which is cooking right along) ansd just over 2600 with 195 grain.
- However, down here, when I get a pill at double strength the price of the pill is usually almost doubled, therefore diminishing the benefits thereof.
- Never patented, it was sometimes given as an injection, but primarily it was prescribed in pill form and was sometimes even included in prescription prenatal vitamins.
- The half-life of a melatonin pill is short and it doesn't last long; a patch, on the other hand, can deliver small doses throughout its use to keep the levels in the body consistent for a longer, stronger effect.
- Also Randy Alcorn, a well-known pro-life apologist and Protestant pastor, published a booklet in 1998 in which he gave the reasons for why the pill is an abortifacient and he has actually counselled couples in his ministry against using the pill for that reason.
- When the pill is used, if there is any ovulation, it renders the egg unable to attach to the uterine wall - some of the same hormones come into play, but the major pregnancy hormone, Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) does not appear until implantation and fertilization begin.
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