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pill
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- pronunciation:
- pIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a small hard pellet of a drug, medicine, or the like designed to be taken orally.
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| definition 2: |
(informal) an oral drug for women designed to prevent pregnancy; birth control pill (prec. by "the").
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| definition 3: |
an unpleasant necessity or outcome.
Her rebuke was a bitter pill to swallow. |
| related words: |
medicine, tablet |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pills, pilling, pilled |
| definition 1: |
to treat with pills; give a pill or pills to.
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| definition 2: |
to make into a pill or pills.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to form or gather in small balls, as the fibers of some fabrics.
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