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# pill

noun (a pill, pills)

«pill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pill is a small, round or flat piece of medicine that you swallow whole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#m1)
2. «The pill» can mean a medicine some adults take every day so they do not have a baby (adult topic). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons: only take pills given by a parent, doctor or pharmacist, and only the right dose; pills can look like sweets but can be dangerous. Phrases: take a pill, sleeping pill, vitamin pill, a bitter pill to swallow (bad news you must accept).

### Examples

- The doctor gave me pills for my sore throat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x1)
- Take one pill twice a day with water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x2)
- Never take pills you find. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x3)
- Some pills look like sweets, so keep them out of reach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x4)
- Grandma keeps her pills in a box with the days of the week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x5)
- My dog has to swallow a worm pill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x6)
- Losing the match was a bitter pill to swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x7)
- Vitamin pills are not a replacement for good food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a pill, two pills. Similar words: tablet, capsule; «medicine» is the general word. Maths: «2 pills a day for 7 days» = 2 x 7 = 14 pills. Safety: never share pills; an overdose (too many) can be very dangerous.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pill.html) on Mova free.