From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
kill
n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, {putting to
death}]
2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or
missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
v 1: 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"
2: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the
student's proposal" [syn: shoot down, defeat, {vote
down}, vote out]
3: cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in
the collision of three cars"
4: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
[syn: stamp out]
5: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
6: be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are
killing me!"
7: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The
comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
8: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in
racket games; "She killed the ball"
9: hit with great force; "He killed the ball"
10: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
11: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";
"They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off,
pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down,
drink down]
12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in
the President's speech" [syn: obliterate, wipe out]
13: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is
killing her"
14: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"
15: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating
artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kill \Kill\, n.
1. The act of killing.
"There is none like to me!" says the cub in the
pride of his earliest kill. --Kipling.
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2. An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.
If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all
in thy pride. --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kill \Kill\ (k[i^]l), n.
A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kill \Kill\, n. [D. kil.]
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Killed (k[i^]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Killing.] [OE. killen, kellen, cullen, to kill,
strike; perh. the same word as cwellen, quellen, to kill (cf.
Quell), or perh. rather akin to Icel. kolla to hit in the
head, harm, kollr top, summit, head, Sw. kulle, D. kollen to
kill with the ax.]
1. To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or
by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to
slay.
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Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.
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2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. "To kill thine honor." --Shak.
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Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.
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3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind; new
sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside.
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Be comforted, good madam; the great rage,
You see, is killed in him. --Shak.
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4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.
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5. To waste or spend unprofitably; -- usually used of time;
as, he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him.
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6. To cancel or forbid publication of (a report, article,
etc.), after it has been written; as, they killed the
article after getting threats of a lawsuit.
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To kill time, to busy one's self with something which
occupies the attention, or makes the time pass without
tediousness.
Syn: To murder; assassinate; slay; butcher; destroy. -- To
Kill, Murder, Assassinate. To kill does not
necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life. A man
may kill another by accident or in self-defense, without
the imputation of guilt. To murder is to kill with
malicious forethought and intention. To assassinate is
to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.