English noun: pill |
1. | pill (artifact) something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size |
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| Broader (hypernym) | thing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | vitamin pill |
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2. | pill (artifact) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
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| Synonyms | lozenge, tab, tablet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dosage, dose |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet |
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3. | pill (person) a unpleasant or tiresome person |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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4. | pill (cognition) something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured |
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| Samples | His competitor's success was a bitter pill to take.
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| Broader (hypernym) | burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus |
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5. | pill (artifact) a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
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| Synonyms | anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill |
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| Broader (hypernym) | birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Demulen, Enovid, Lo/Ovral, Loestrin, Micronor, Modicon, Nor-Q-D, Norinyl, Norlestrin, Ovocon, Ovral, Ovrette, Ovulen |
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| Substance holonym | Lipo-Lutin, progesterone |
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