pill
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Noun 4 meanings
A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
“Jane went on the pill when she left for college.”
Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
Verb 4 meanings
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
“This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.”
To form into the shape of a pill.
“Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.”
To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
“She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.”
To take recreational drugs in pill form.
Etymology
From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula. * (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.
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PILL at a glance
PILL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,713 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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