pill
- Noun. A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing.
- Noun. (informal, preceded by {{term) ''The pill'': A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive.
- Noun. A comical or entertaining person.
- Noun. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- Noun. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
- Noun. (archaic, baseball) A baseball.
- Noun. (obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.
- Verb. (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- Verb. To form into the shape of a pill.
- Verb. To medicate with pills.
- Verb. (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
- Verb. (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
- Noun. (context, now) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
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