Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kill"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kill \Kill\, n.
A kiln. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kill \Kill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Killed}; 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.

Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words !
--Shak.

2. To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill
the sale of a book. ``To kill thine honor.'' --Shak.

Her lively color kill'd with deadly cares. --Shak.

3. To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in
seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.

Be comforted, good madam; the great rage, You see,
is killed in him. --Shak.

4. To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize;
as, alkali kills acid.

{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
tomurder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill
without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not
assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and
murders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {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, in sports; "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" [syn:
{toss off}, {bolt down}, {belt down}, {pour down}, {down},
{drink down}]
12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase, as of writings; "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"


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