pill

pill

pill (third-person singular simple present pills, present participle pilling, simple past and past participle pilled)

1. (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
   • 1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted Sweater Style: Inspirations in Color [6]

     During processing, inferior short fibers (which can cause pilling and itching) are removed to enhance the natural softness of the yarn and to improve its wash-and-wear performance.

2. To form into the shape of a pill.

   Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.

3. To medicate with pills.

   She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.

pill (plural pills)

1. 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.
   • 1864, Benjamin Ellis, The Medical Formulary [1]

     Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.

2. (informal, preceded by the) The pill: A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive.
   • 1986, Jurriaan Plesman, Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders Through Body and Mind [2]

     Many specialists are requesting that this vitamin be included in all contraceptive pills, as women on the pill have a tendency to be depressed.

3. A comical or entertaining person.
4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV:

     You see, hes egging Phyllis on to marry Wilbert Cream. [...] And when a man like that eggs, something has to give, especially when the girls a pill like Phyllis, who always does what Daddy tells her.

   • 2000, Susan Isaacs, Shining Through [3]

     Instead, I saw a woman in her mid-fifties, who was a real pill; while all the others had managed a decent “So pleased,” or even a plain “Hello,” Ginger just inclined her head, as if she was doing a Queen Mary imitation.

5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
   • 1999, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True [4]

     One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called “sweater pills,” hung halfway to the floor.

6. (archaic, baseball, slang) A baseball.
   • 2002, John Klima, Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseballs Greatest Duels from the Mound [5]

     Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the pill past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker.

7. (obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.

	pillola
	small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally

pasticca

pil

Altri significati:

(now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

(obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.

A comical or entertaining person.

(archaic, baseball, slang) A baseball.

A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.

A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.

(obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

the pill - functions as a contraceptive

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.

the pill: A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive.

(obsolete) A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.

To form into the shape of a pill.

To medicate with pills.

(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

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