English dictionary

pill

/p/I/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

noun.artifact

Synonyms lozenge tab tablet

Source: WordNet 3.0
a unpleasant or tiresome person

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

noun.cognition

Examples
His competitor's success was a bitter pill to take.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

noun.artifact

Synonyms anovulant anovulatory drug birth control pill contraceptive pill oral contraceptive oral contraceptive pill

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <u>Peel</u>, to plunder.

verb

Source: webster1913