Definition: Meaning of, kill in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ kɪl /
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make somebody/something die[intransitive and transitive] to make a person or animal die
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kill yourself to cause your own death
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kill yourself to work very hard to achieve something in a way that makes you ill or tired
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make something stop/fail[transitive] to make something stop operating or fail
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be angry with somebody[transitive]informal to be very angry with someone
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annoyed/sad[transitive] to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc
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would/could kill for somethingalso 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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my head/back etc is killing mespoken used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot
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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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kill a beer/bottle of wine etcspoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly
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make somebody laugh[transitive] to make someone laugh a lot
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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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(even) if it kills mespoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something even though it is very difficult
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kill two birds with one stone to achieve two things with one action
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kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success
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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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kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them
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kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely
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[countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal
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move in/close in for the kill to come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it
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[singular] an animal that is killed by another animal
(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.