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pill



piller
piller


Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk
pill
     1. n. A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
     2. n. (informal, definite, i.e. used with "the") 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.
           She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.
     3. n. (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
     4. n. (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
     5. n. (informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
     6. n. (archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.
     7. n. (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
     8. n. (GUI) A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
     9. v. (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
     10. v. To form into the shape of a pill.
           Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
     11. v. To medicate with pills.
           She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
     12. v. (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
     13. v. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
     14. v. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
     15. v. (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
     16. n. (obsolete) The peel or skin.
     17. n. (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
Svenska > Engelsk
piller
     1. n-n. a pill (a small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally)

Exempelmeningar

Is it time for your pill?
Did you take a pill and vanish?
Women's confidence in the pill, a highly safe and effective method, continues to grow, and they are taking less notice of the many unfounded scare stories about it.
Can they really expect people to rush to take a pill whose side effects could cause them to look so hideously!
It's a super duper pill for pain.



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