pill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pill	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for pill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pill n something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet Synonym(s): pill, lozenge, tablet, tab a unpleasant or tiresome person something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception Synonym(s): pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pill \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pill \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.] The peel or skin. [Obs.] [bd]Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pill \Pill\, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pill \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.