English to English

pill

(p/I/l )

something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
lozenge, tab, tablet

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 pill

source: 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

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

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