pill

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (informal, preceded by {{term) ''The pill'': A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive.
  3. Noun.  A comical or entertaining person.
  4. Noun.  A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. Noun.  A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. Noun.  (archaic, baseball) A baseball.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  9. Verb.  To form into the shape of a pill.
  10. Verb.  To medicate with pills.
  11. Verb.  (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  12. Verb.  (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
  13. Noun.  (context, now) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

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