Definitions for the word "kill" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A kiln.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
1 (also absol.) Deprive of life or vitality; cause death or the death of. 2 destroy (feelings etc.). 3 refl. Colloq. A overexert oneself (don''t kill yourself trying). B laugh heartily. 4 colloq. Overwhelm with amusement. 5 switch off (a light, engine, etc.). 6 computing colloq. Delete. 7 colloq. Cause pain or discomfort to (my feet are killing me). 8 pass (time, or a specified period) usu. While waiting (an hour to kill before the interview). 9 defeat (a bill in parliament). 10 a tennis etc. Hit (the ball) so that it cannot be returned. B stop (the ball) dead. 11 make ineffective (taste, sound, pain, etc.) (carpet killed the sound). n. 1 act of killing (esp. In hunting). 2 animal(s) killed, esp. By a hunter. 3 colloq. Destruction or disablement of an enemy aircraft etc. dressed to kill dressed showily or alluringly. In at the kill present at a successful conclusion. Kill off 1 destroy completely. 2 (of an author) bring about the death of (a fictional character). Kill or cure (usu. Attrib.) (of a remedy etc.) Drastic, extreme. Kill two birds with one stone achieve two aims at once. Kill with kindness spoil with overindulgence. [perhaps related to *quell]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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