pill
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiberOf a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
Meaning
10 senses(intransitive)Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
This sweater is already pilled: it fuzzed after the very first wash.
ска́тыватьсяskátyvatʹsja, ската́тьсяskatátʹsja
To form into the shape of a pill.
Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
(transitive)To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.
She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
Pilling the cat is such a nightmare.
(intransitive)To take recreational drugs in pill form.
(Internet, transitive)To persuade or convince someone of something.
(UK, dated, slang, transitive)To blackball (a potential club member).
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
(obsolete)To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
(obsolete)To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
Examples
346 sentencesHow many pills did you take?
Скільки ти випив таблеток? — deniko
ruСколько таблеток ты приняла? — odexed
Tom flushed the pills down the toilet.
Том злив таблетки в унітаз. — deniko
I swallowed the pill.
Я проковтнув таблетку. — deniko
ruЯ проглотил таблетку. — marafon
Tom took three sleeping pills.
Том прийняв три таблетки снодійного. — deniko
ruТом принял три таблетки снотворного. — marafon
deTom nahm drei Schlaftabletten. — pullnosemans
Tom hasn't taken his pills.
Том не випив свої таблетки. — deniko
ruТом не принял свои таблетки. — marafon
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or MiddlFrom Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula.
From Middle English pillen, pilen, from Old English pilian (“to peel”), from Latin pilō (“depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of peel.
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Forms
pills, pilling, pilled, pilledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- take your pills
- sleeping pills
- swallowed the pill
See also
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