Thesaurus: pill

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1. n. The peel or skin.
2. v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
3. v. t. To deprive of hair; to make bald.
4. v. t. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
5. v. t. & i. To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.
6. n. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
7. n. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
8. n. something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
9. n. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
10. n. a unpleasant or tiresome person
11. n. something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
12. n. a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception