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  KILL, v.t.  To create a vacancy without nominating a successor.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Kill \Kill\ (k[i^]l), n.
     A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
     A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the
     channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van
     Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as,
     Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (k[i^]ld); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill,
     strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
     Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
     head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
     kill with the ax.]
     1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
        by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
        slay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
        the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
        seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new
        sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
              You see, is killed in him.            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
        as, alkali kills acid.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time;
        as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
        [PJC]
  
     6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article,
        etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the
        article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
        [PJC]
  
     To kill time, to busy one's self with something which
        occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
        tediousness.
  
     Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
          Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not
          necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
          may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
          the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
          malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
          to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
          without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
          assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
          murders.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Kill \Kill\, n.
     1. The act of killing.
  
              ``There is none like to me!'' says the cub in the
              pride of his earliest kill.           --Kipling.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
  
              If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all
              in thy pride.                         --Kipling.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
     A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the
     channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van
     Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as,
     Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Kill \Kill\, n.
     A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill, strike;
     perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
     Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
     head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
     kill with the ax.]
     1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
        by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
        slay.
  
              Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
        the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.
  
              Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
  
     3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
        seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
  
              Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see,
              is killed in him.                     --Shak.
  
     4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
        as, alkali kills acid.
  
     To kill time, to busy one's self with something which
        occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
        tediousness.
  
     Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
          Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not
          necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
          may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
          the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
          malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
          tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
          without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
          assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
          murders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Kill \Kill\, n.
     1. The act of killing.
  
              ``There is none like to me!'' says the cub in the
              pride of his earliest kill.           --Kipling.
  
     2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
  
              If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all
              in thy pride.                         --Kipling.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  kill
       n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, putting to
            death]
       2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or
          missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
       v 1: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or
            knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried
            to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the
            holidays"
       2: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the
          student's proposal" [syn: shoot down, defeat, vote
          down, vote out]
       3: cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in
          the collision of three cars"
       4: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
          [syn: stamp out]
       5: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
       6: be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are
          killing me!"
       7: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The
          comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
       8: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in
          racket games; "She killed the ball"
       9: hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
       10: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
       11: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
           dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";
           "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop,
            bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink
           down]
       12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
           the President's speech" [syn: obliterate, wipe out]
       13: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is
           killing her"
       14: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
       15: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating
           artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     Αγγλικά vb.
     σκοτώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     German vb.
     1 (verb form of de killen  s imp)
     2 (lb de colloquial) (verb form of de killen  1 s pres)
     Livonian alt.
     sow
     Livonian vb.
     sow
     Livonian alt.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     Livonian vb.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     n.
     1 The act of killing.
     2 Specifically, the death blow.
     3 The result of killing; that which has been killed.
     4 (lb en volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's
  court, winning the rally.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To render inoperative.
     n.
     (lb en north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of
  the sea.
     n.
     (lb en rare) (alt form en kiln)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Kill
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     n.
     1 The act of killing.
     2 Specifically, the death blow.
     3 The result of killing; that which has been killed.
     4 (lb en volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's
  court, winning the rally.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To render inoperative.
     n.
     (lb en north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of
  the sea.
     n.
     (lb en rare) (alt form en kiln)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Kill
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     Livonian alt.
     sow
     Livonian vb.
     sow
     Livonian alt.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     Livonian vb.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     Luxembourgish a.
     cool
     Luxembourgish vb.
     (inflection of lb killen  2 s imp)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Kill
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     Livonian alt.
     sow
     Livonian vb.
     sow
     Livonian alt.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     Livonian vb.
     1 ring
     2 make noise
     Luxembourgish a.
     cool
     Luxembourgish vb.
     (inflection of lb killen  2 s imp)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Kill
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     Englanti n.
     1 tappo, surma
     2 (''metsästys'') kaato
     Englanti vb.
     1 tappaa, surmata
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) tuhota, hävittää, poistaa, tehdä loppu jostakin
     3 sammuttaa, pysäyttää käynti
     4 (yhteys politiikka kuva k=en) estää esityksen läpimeno; käyttää
  veto-oikeus
     5 tehdä (tyrmäävä) vaikutus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  kill
     Engelska n.
     1 det att döda, dödande
     2 det som dödats, såsom ett byte
     Engelska vb.
     1 döda, ta död på, få att dö
     2 ta slut på
     3 förorsaka mycket obehag
     4 (tagg sport språk=en) slå (en boll o.d.) med sådan kraft att en
  retur är omöjlig
     5 (tagg reflexivt språk=en) ta livet av sig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Kill /kˈɪl/
  القتل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  kill //kɪl// 
  убийство
  act of killing

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  kill //kɪl// 
  1. уби́вам, уби́я, убивам
  to put to death
  2. спирам 2.
  to render inoperative
   3.
  to render void