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.
1658: Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration — S
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