pill

A small solid piece of medicine that you swallow.

• Take this pill with water.
• The doctor gave her pills for the pain.
• Have you taken your daily pill yet?

Similar words: tablet

Common phrases: take a pill, sleeping pill, pain pill, swallow a pill

To give someone or an animal medicine in small solid pieces to swallow.

• The vet showed me how to pill my cat.
• She pilled the dog before breakfast.
• Have you ever tried pilling an unwilling kitten?

Common phrases: pill a cat, pill the dog

To shape medicine into small round pieces that can be swallowed.

• The pharmacist pilled the mixture by hand.
• This powder is difficult to pill.
• They pilled the soft mass before leaving it to dry.

Common phrases: pill the mixture, pill by hand