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Kiliwi

kill


Definition: Meaning of, kill in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɪl /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
killing kills
  1. make somebody/something die [intransitive and transitive] to make a person or animal die
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  2. kill yourself to cause your own death
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  3. kill yourself to work very hard to achieve something in a way that makes you ill or tired
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  4. make something stop/fail [transitive] to make something stop operating or fail
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  5. be angry with somebody [transitive] informal to be very angry with someone
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  6. annoyed/sad [transitive] to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc
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  7. would/could kill for something also would kill to do something to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it
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  8. my head/back etc is killing me spoken used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot
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  9. kill time/an hour etc to spend time doing something which is not important while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen
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  10. kill a beer/bottle of wine etc spoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly
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  11. make somebody laugh [transitive] to make someone laugh a lot
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  12. it won't/wouldn't kill somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it
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  13. (even) if it kills me spoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something even though it is very difficult
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  14. kill two birds with one stone to achieve two things with one action
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  15. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success
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  16. kill the fatted calf to welcome someone home with a big meal etc after they have been away for a long time
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  17. kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them
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  18. kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely
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Singular Plural
kill kills
  1. [countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal
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  2. move in/close in for the kill to come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it
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  3. [singular] an animal that is killed by another animal
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kill used in phrases

  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    1. (1960) a novel by the US writer Harper Lee, which was later made into a film. The story is set in the southern US state of Alabama and is about a white lawyer, Atticus Finch, who defends a black man who has been charged with the RAPE of a white woman. The story deals with racial PREJUDICE, and especially with the effect it has on children.
  • dressed to kill (adjective)
    1. wearing fancy or formal clothing
  • kill oneself (verb)
    1. strain oneself more than is healthy
  • kill two birds with one stone (verb)
    1. solve two problems at once
  • kill zone (noun)
    1. an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
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kill used in phrasal verbs

  • kill off (phrasal verb)
    1. to destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead
    2. to stop, get rid of, or destroy something
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