kill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kill	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for kill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kill n the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill, putting to death] the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" v cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" Synonym(s): kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" Synonym(s): stamp out, kill be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" hit with great force; "He killed the ball" deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" Synonym(s): toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" Synonym(s): kill, obliterate, wipe out tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kill \Kill\, n. A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.] A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Killing}.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf. {Quell}), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to kill with the ax.] 1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay. Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words ! --Shak. 2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book. [bd]To kill thine honor.[b8] --Shak. Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak. 3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind. Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see, is killed in him. --Shak. 4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid. {To kill time}, to busy one's self with something which occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without tediousness. Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To {Kill}, {Murder}, {Assassinate}. To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kill \Kill\, n. 1. The act of killing. [bd]There is none like to me![b8] says the cub in the pride of his earliest kill. --Kipling. 2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey. If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride. --Kipling.