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pill /pɪl/ noun
pill verb [intransitive]
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English DictionaryI. pill1 S3 /pɪl/
noun[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: pilula, from pila 'ball']
1. [countable] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole:
He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.
sleeping pills
a bottle of vitamin pills2. the Pill/the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babies
on the Pill
My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).3. sugar/sweeten the pill to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it
4. be a pill American English informal if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoying:
Luke can be a real pill sometimes. ⇒
a bitter pill (to swallow) at
bitter1(7), ⇒
morning-after pill [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. pill2 verb [intransitive] American English if a piece of clothing pills, especially a
sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washed
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationspill nounI. small round flat piece of medicine ADJ. diet, sleeping, vitamin QUANT. bottle VERB + PILL pop, swallow, take | give sb, prescribe (sb) The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
pill II. the pill: to avoid becoming pregnant ADJ. contraceptive VERB + PILL be on, go on, use | prescribe (sb), put sb on Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.
come off, stop [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesaurus
Idiomspill̈ɪpɪl See:
bitter pill [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲