pill
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1.0
- noun
- /pɪl/
- There were pills all over.
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Examples
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I splashed cold water on my face and remembered to remove a tiny pill from its foil calendar and swallowed it.
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Have you been taking those pills?
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He gave her a pill.
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I've been having a kind of bad time and I just took some sleeping pills.
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I took a pill to relieve my headache after a long day.
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The doctor advised me to take one pill each morning with food.
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These pills must be stored in a cool, dry place away from sunlight.
Synonyms
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2.5
A small solid pill you swallow for medicine
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2.9
A tablet you take to help you fall asleep
18
1.1
A tablet you take to make body pain less
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4.0
A small solid piece of medicine to swallow
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1.6
A small pill taken to give your body extra vitamins for health
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3.4
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to remove extra water from your body
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2.8
A small pill that helps you sleep
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3.5
A small smooth pill shaped like a capsule that is easy to swallow
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3.5
A small pill that you take to help you sleep
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3.0
A small pill that has many vitamins people take every day
Idioms
- Informal
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6.2
Make an unpleasant thing seem easier to accept by adding something pleasant
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.7
A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
- Jargon
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7.9
To make it hard for another company to take control by making the company's shares less attractive
- Specialized
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3.4
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to remove extra water from your body
- Specialized
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3.7
A pill taken by mouth that prevents a woman from becoming pregnant
- Jargon
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8.2
A planned action by a company to make itself less attractive to a buyer even if it harms the company
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Etymology
Pill in the sense 'something shaped like a small tablet' comes from the same root pila 'ball', so it simply describes anything the size or shape of a small medicine tablet.