Kill
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Kill
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1 n.
A kiln.
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2 n.
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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3 v. t.
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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4 v. t.
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
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5 v. t.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
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6 v. t.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
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7 n.
A kiln.
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8 n.
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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9 v. t.
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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10 v. t.
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
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11 v. t.
To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
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12 v. t.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.