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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pill
pill [pill pills pilled pilling] noun, verb BrE [pɪl] NAmE [pɪl]
noun
1. countable a small flat round piece of medicine that you swallow without chewing it
•a vitamin pill
• Take three pills daily after meals.
• (informal)pill-popping (= the act of taking too many pills or using illegal drugs)
see also ↑pep pill, ↑sleeping pill
2. the pillor the Pillsingular a pill that some women take to prevent them becoming pregnant
•the contraceptive pill
•to be/go on the pill
see also ↑morning-after pill
3. countable (NAmE)an annoying person
more at a bitter pill (for sb) (to swallow) at ↑bitter adj.
Word Origin:
n. late Middle English Latin pilula ‘little ball’ pila Middle Dutch Middle Low German pille v. 1960s pill ↑pill ‘tablet’
Example Bank:
•Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.
•The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep.
Idiom: ↑sugar the pill
verb intransitive (of a piece of clothing, especially one made of wool)
to become covered in very small balls of ↑fibre
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. late Middle English Latin pilula ‘little ball’ pila Middle Dutch Middle Low German pille v. 1960s pill ↑pill ‘tablet’
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