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- pronunciation:
- kIl
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
kills, killing, killed |
| definition 1: |
When a cat kills a bird, it means that the cat causes the bird to die.
Emily's father hit the fly with a newspaper and killed it.
- similar words:
- assassinate, eliminate, extinguish, murder, remove, slaughter, waste
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| definition 2: |
"Kill" sometimes means to cause something to go away or to end. If something kills another thing, it destroys it or stops it.
The thunderstorm killed any chance to play basketball that day, so Jack and his friends went to a movie instead.The piano lessons were so boring that they almost killed Daryl's interest in music.- synonyms:
- eliminate, end
- similar words:
- abolish, break, check, finish, ruin, stop
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| definition 3: |
If you say your tooth is killing you, you mean that your tooth is causing you great pain.
Sasha's legs were killing her after she ran a mile up the hill.- synonyms:
- hurt, pain
- similar words:
- harm, wound
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| related words: |
poison, stamp |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A kill is the act or process of killing.
The tiger quietly approached, then leaped in for the kill of its prey.- synonyms:
- destruction
- similar words:
- murder
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| definition 2: |
A kill is the animals that have been killed in a hunt.
The hunter brought back his kill and prepared a meal with it.- synonyms:
- game
- similar words:
- prey
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| derivation: |
killer (n.) |
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