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

  Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.
     of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.]
     1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round
        mass, to be swallowed whole.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must
        be accepted or endured. --Udall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Pill beetle (Zo["o]l.), any small beetle of the genus
        Byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed
        beneath the thorax.
  
     Pill bug (Zo["o]l.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus
        Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a
        ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.]
     The peel or skin. [Obs.] ``Some be covered over with crusts,
     or hard pills, as the locusts.'' --Holland.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. i.
     To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.
     pill, n. (above).]
     1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.
                                                    --Gen. xxx.
                                                    37.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pilling.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.
     Cf. Peel to plunder.]
     To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to
     plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill
           and to rob.                              --Sir T.
                                                    Malroy.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.]
     The peel or skin. [Obs.] ``Some be covered over with crusts,
     or hard pills, as the locusts.'' --Holland.

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. i.
     To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.
     pill, n. (above).]
     1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]
  
     2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  
              [Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.
                                                    --Gen. xxx.
                                                    37.

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

  Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pilling.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.
     Cf. Peel to plunder.]
     To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to
     plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
           Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill
           and to rob.                              --Sir T.
                                                    Malroy.

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

  Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.
     of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.]
     1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round
        mass, to be swallowed whole.
  
     2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must
        be accepted or endured.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  pill
       n 1: something that resembles a pill in shape or size
       2: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: lozenge,
           tablet, tab]
       3: a unpleasant or tiresome person
       4: something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or
          endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to
          take"
       5: a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen
          and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent
          conception [syn: birth control pill, contraceptive pill,
           oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory
          drug, anovulant]

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

  pill
     Αγγλικά n.
     χάπι

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

  pill
     Estonian n.
     (lb et music) instrument
     Estonian n.
     (lb et medicine) pill
     Irish vb.
     (alt form ga fill t=return from=Ulster)
     Irish n.
     (infl of ga peall  voc//gen s ; nom//dat p)
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     (inflection of gd peall  gen s)

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

  Pill
     Hunsrik n.
     pill
     Luxembourgish n.
     (plural of lb Pull)

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

  pill
     n.
     (senseid en any tablet, caplet, or capsule) (lb en
  Appendix:Glossary#broad broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical
  object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of
  medication.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form
  small matted balls of fiber.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) The peel or skin.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin,
  or bark.
     2 To peel; to make by removing the skin.
     3 To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
     n.
     (senseid en inlet) (lb en now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a
  small tidal pool or bay.

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

  Pill
     n.
     (place en village in Pill and par/Easton-in-Gordano uauth/North
  Somerset co/Somerset cc/England) (q: OS grid ref ST5275).
     n.
     (place en municipality s/Tyrol c/Austria).
     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 ]

  pill
     Estonian n.
     (lb et music) instrument
     Estonian n.
     (lb et medicine) pill
     Irish vb.
     (alt form ga fill t=return from=Ulster)
     Irish n.
     (infl of ga peall  voc//gen s ; nom//dat p)
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     (inflection of gd peall  gen s)

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

  Pill
     Luxembourgish n.
     (plural of lb Pull)
     n.
     (place en village in Pill and par/Easton-in-Gordano uauth/North
  Somerset co/Somerset cc/England) (q: OS grid ref ST5275).
     n.
     (place en municipality s/Tyrol c/Austria).
     n.
     (surname: en).

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

  pill
     Irish vb.
     (alt form ga fill t=return from=Ulster)
     Irish n.
     (infl of ga peall  voc//gen s ; nom//dat p)
     n.
     (senseid en any tablet, caplet, or capsule) (lb en
  Appendix:Glossary#broad broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical
  object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of
  medication.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form
  small matted balls of fiber.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) The peel or skin.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin,
  or bark.
     2 To peel; to make by removing the skin.
     3 To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
     n.
     (senseid en inlet) (lb en now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a
  small tidal pool or bay.
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv colloquial) finicky or fiddly activity

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

  Pill
     Luxembourgish n.
     (plural of lb Pull)
     n.
     (place en village in Pill and par/Easton-in-Gordano uauth/North
  Somerset co/Somerset cc/England) (q: OS grid ref ST5275).
     n.
     (place en municipality s/Tyrol c/Austria).
     n.
     (surname: en).

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

  pill
     Viro n.
     1 soitin
     2 pilleri

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

  pill
     Engelska n.
     piller

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

  pill’
     Bottniska n.
     1 (tagg kat=insekter språk=gmq-bot) en art insekt, skräddare
     2 mygglarv

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  pil

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

  Pill /pˈɪl/
  الحبة

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

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  1. гюле, куршум
  bullet
  2. хап, ха́пче
  small object for swallowing

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  tabletka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  pilulka

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  Fluse 
           Note: wool

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  Pille  [pharm.]
        "take (be on; go on) the pill"  - die Pille nehmen
        "a bitter pill to swallow"  - eine bittere Pille
     Synonym: tablet
  
   see: pills, tablets, pillule, pilule, bolus
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  Tablette 
     Synonym: tablet
  
   see: tablets, pill, troche, take pills
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  Tabletten 
     Synonym: tablets
  
   see: tablet, pill, troche, take pills
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  
  χάπι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  1. pilleri, ehkäisypilleri
  contraceptive pill
  2. pilleri, tabletti
  small object for swallowing
  3. hitunen, rahtu
  small piece of any substance

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  1. pyörittää pillereitä
  to form into a shape of pill
  2. nukata, nukkaantua
  to form small matted balls of fiber
  3. ottaa pillereitä
  to medicate with pills

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  pill /pil/
  pilule

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  pill /pˈɪl/ 
  1. गोली
        "Take three pills daily after meals."
  2. गर्भनिरोधक गोली
        "Mary's doctor suggested her to go on for the pill."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  biljar, dati pilule, lopta, pilula, tableta

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  1. labdacs
  2. cigaretta
  3. ágyúgolyó
  4. kellemetlen alak
  5. futball-labda
  6. tabletta
  7. teniszlabda
  8. pirula
  9. kellemetlen fráter
  10. antibébi tabletta

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  1. ピル, 丸薬
  contraceptive pill
  2. 丸薬, 錠剤, ピル
  small object for swallowing

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  pill /pil/
  pil

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  pille 2.
  small object for swallowing
   3.
  contraceptive pill

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  pill /pɪl/ 
   1.  pigułka, pastylka
   2. the pill /ðə pˈɪl/  pigułka antykoncepcyjna

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  pill /pil/
  pílula

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  pill /pil/
  píldora

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  pill //pɪl// /[pʰɪɫ]/ 
  1. p-piller, piller
  contraceptive pill
  2. piller, tablett
  small object for swallowing

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  pill /pˈɪl/ 
  
  kidonge

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  pill /pˈɪl/
  1. hap
  2. hazım ve tahammülü güç bir şey
  3. ( argo) çekilmez kimse. the pill doğum kontrol hapı. a bitter pill yenilir yutulur olmayan bir şey, kabulü güç iş.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɪɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "pill":
     IUD, SOB, bag, bastard, birth control device, bolus, bore, bugger,
     butt, buttonholer, capsule, condom, contraceptive,
     contraceptive foam, cough drop, crank, crashing bore, creep, cure,
     diaphragm, drag, drip, drug, dryasdust, dusty, fag, fart,
     flat tire, frightful bore, headache, heel, hood, hooligan, humdrum,
     intrauterine device, jerk, louse, lozenge, meanie, medicament,
     medication, medicine, mother, nuisance, oral contraceptive,
     pastille, pellet, pessary, pest, pharmaceutical, prophylactic,
     proser, rat, remedy, rubber, shit, shithead, shitheel, skin, smoke,
     spermicidal jelly, spermicide, stinkard, stinker, tablet, the pill,
     troche, turd, twaddler, wet blanket
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 药丸,弹丸;
  v. 将...做成药丸,形成丸状;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 药丸,弹丸,屈辱
     vt. 将…做成药丸,形成丸状,使服药丸,挫败

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