pill

[pill]

A small, round dose of medicine is a pill. If you get sick, you might take a pill, which is a pain because it usually tastes bad. A person who’s a pain can also be called a pill.

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The peel or skin.

Noun
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Noun
something that resembles a pill in shape or size

Noun
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Noun
something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor''s success was a bitter pill to take"

Noun
a unpleasant or tiresome person

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n.
The peel or skin.

v. i.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

v. t.
To deprive of hair; to make bald.

v. t.
To peel; to make by removing the skin.

v. t. & i.
To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.

n.
A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

n.
Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.

Pill

Pill , n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.] The peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts." Holland.

Pill

Pill, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

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.

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.

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. Udall. Pill beetle (Zo'94l.), any small beetle of the genus Byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax. -- Pill bug (Zo'94l.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.

The peel or skin.

To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

To deprive of hair; to make bald.

To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.

A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

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Usage Examples

Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute denial, of death - everybody's pretending that death doesn't happen in L.A. if you do enough exercise and take enough wheatgrass and have your pill every day, you might not die.

I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.

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Other Usage Examples

Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.

Think for a moment about what Obamacare has done: The federal government has come up with its own (ever-evolving) definition of 'health insurance,' which now includes free access to sterilization, contraception, and certain abortifacients such as the morning-after pill.

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.