killkɪl(v.t.)

1. to deprive of life; cause the death of; slay.

2. to destroy; do away with; extinguish.

3. to neutralize the active qualities of:

   to kill an odor.

4. to spoil the effect of:

   His extra brushwork killed the painting.

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

6. to spend (time) unprofitably.

7. Informal. to overcome completely or with irresistible effect:

   That comedian kills me.

   Category: Informal

8. Informal. to cause distress or discomfort to.

   Category: Informal

9. Informal. to tire completely; exhaust.

   Category: Informal

10. Informal. to consume completely:

    They killed a bottle of bourbon.

    Category: Informal

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

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

    Category: Government

13. to turn off; switch off:

    to kill the lights; to kill an engine.

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

    Category: Sport

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

16. to commit murder.

17. to be killed.

18. to overcome completely; produce an irresistible effect:

    dressed to kill.

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

    Category: Informal

20. kill off, to destroy completely.

    Category: Verb Phrase

21. (n.)the act of killing, esp. game.

22. an animal or animals killed.

23. an act or instance of destroying a target, esp. an enemy aircraft.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of kill:

1175–1225; ME cullen, killen, OE *cyllan; akin to Fris küllen to vex, strike, OHG chollen to vex, kill; cf. quell

kill′a•ble(adj.)

kill^*kɪl(n.)

1. a channel; creek; stream; river: used esp. in place names.

   Category: Dialect

^* Chiefly New York State..

Origin of kill:

1660–70; < D kil, MD kille channel