killing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: killing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for killing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
killing adj very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics" Synonym(s): killing, sidesplitting n an event that causes someone to die [syn: killing, violent death] the act of terminating a life Synonym(s): killing, kill, putting to death a very large profit Synonym(s): killing, cleanup
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]:
Killing \Kill"ing\, a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. -- {Kill"ing*ly}, adv. Those eyes are made so killing. --Pope. Nothing could be more killingly spoken. --Milton.