1. Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size 
2. A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
   - lozenge, tablet, tab 
3. A unpleasant or tiresome person 
4. Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
   "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" 
5. A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing oestrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
   - birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant

1. (of a fabric) form little balls on the surface
   "the fabric has pilled into an unattractive bumpy texture"

Derived forms: pilled, pilling, pills

Type of: birth control device, burden, contraceptive, contraceptive device, disagreeable person, dosage, dose, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device, thing, unpleasant person

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