24. kill an act or instance of destroying a target, esp. an enemy aircraft.
25. (Chiefly New York State.)kill a channel; creek; stream; river: used esp. in place names.
Etymology: (1660–70; < D kil, MD kille channel)
Definition of 'kill'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)killing, kill, putting to death the act of terminating a life
2. (verb)kill the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
3. (verb)kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
4. (verb)kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out thwart the passage of "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
5. (verb)stamp out, kill end or extinguish by forceful means "Stamp out poverty!"
6. (verb)kill be fatal "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
7. (verb)kill be the source of great pain for "These new shoes are killing me!"
8. (verb)kill overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
9. (verb)kill hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games "She killed the ball"
10. (verb)kill hit with great force "He killed the ball"
11. (verb)kill deprive of life "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
12. (verb)kill cause the death of, without intention "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
13. (verb)toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill drink down entirely "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
14. (verb)kill, obliterate, wipe out mark for deletion, rub off, or erase "kill these lines in the President's speech"
15. (verb)kill tire out completely "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
16. (verb)kill cause to cease operating "kill the engine"
17. (verb)kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
1. (verb)kill to cause to die Four people have been killed in a road accident.; What drives a person to kill?
2. kill to cause to end His arrival killed all conversation.
3. kill to cause pain My feet are killing me after all that dancing.
4. kill to pass time doing I killed a few hours reading my book.
5. kill sb will kill sb indicates sb will be very angry with sb My Dad'll kill me if I'm not home by 11.
Definition of 'kill'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)kill a kiln
2. (noun)kill a channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and BergenNeck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc
3. (verb)kill to deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay
4. (verb)kill to destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book
5. (verb)kill to cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind
6. (verb)kill to destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid
Sense: to cause the death of He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight.