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Definition of 'kill'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) kill
to deprive of life; cause the death of; slay.

2.  kill
to destroy; do away with; extinguish.

3.  kill
to neutralize the active qualities of:
to kill an odor.

4.  kill
to spoil the effect of:
His extra brushwork killed the painting.

5.  kill
to cause (time) to pass with a minimum of boredom.

6.  kill
to spend (time) unprofitably.

7.  kill
Informal. to overcome completely or with irresistible effect:
That comedian kills me.

8.  kill
Informal. to cause distress or discomfort to.

9.  kill
Informal. to tire completely; exhaust.

10.  kill
Informal. to consume completely:
They killed a bottle of bourbon.

11.  kill
to cancel publication of (a word, item, etc.), esp. after it has been set in type.

12.  kill
to defeat or veto (a legislative bill, etc.).

13.  kill
to turn off; switch off:
to kill the lights; to kill an engine.

14.  kill
to hit (a tennis ball, volleyball, etc.) with such force that its return is impossible.

15. (v.i.) kill
to inflict or cause death.

16.  kill
to commit murder.

17.  kill
to be killed.

18.  kill
to overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect:
dressed to kill.

19.  kill
Informal. to feel a smarting pain, as from a minor accident; sting.

20.  kill
kill off,

21.  kill
to destroy completely.

22. (n.) kill
the act of killing, esp. game.

23.  kill
an animal or animals killed.

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"

Definition of 'kill'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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 Bergen Neck 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

Translation of 'kill'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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.
Afrikaans: moord, moor	Arabic: يَقْتُل	Bulgarian: убивам
Brazilian: matar	Czech: zabít	German: töten
Danish: slå ihjel; dræbe; ødelægg	Greek: σκοτώνω	Spanish: matar, asesinar
Estonian: tapma	Farsi: کشتن؛ نابود کردن	Finnish: tappaa
French: tuer	Hebrew: לַהֲרוֹג	Hindi: मारना
Croatian: ubiti	Hungarian: (meg)öl	Indonesian: membunuh
Icelandic: drepa, gera að engu	Italian: uccidere	Japanese: 殺す
Korean: 죽이다	Lithuanian: užmušti, nužudyti	Latvian: nogalināt; nonāvēt; iznīc
Malay: membunuh	Dutch: doden	Norwegian: drepe, slå i hjel, slakte
Polish: zabijać	Persian: کشتن؛ نابود کردن	Pashto: وژل،مړكول،له منڅه وړل
Portuguese: matar	Romanian: a ucide	Russian: морить; убивать
Slovak: zabiť	Slovenian: ubiti	Serbian: ubiti
Swedish: döda, göra slut på, omint	Thai: ฆ่า	Turkish: öldürmek; avlamak
Taiwanese: 殺死	Ukrainian: убивати; знищувати	Urdu: کسی کو ہلاک کرنا
Vietnamese: giết	Chinese: 杀死
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