English to English
pill
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noun (n)
- something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a unpleasant or tiresome person(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured(noun.cognition)Example:
His competitor's success was a bitter pill to take.
source: wordnet30 - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception(noun.artifact)Synonym:
anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pillsource: wordnet30 - The peel or skin.(noun)source: webster1913
- A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.(verb)source: webster1913
- To deprive of hair; to make bald.(verb)source: webster1913
- To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.(verb)source: webster1913