kill – Anglais-Karatchaï-Balkar dictionnaire – kill dans d'autres dictionnaires
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 to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders. { Kill´dee• , Kill´deer• } n. [So named from its notes.] (Zoöl.) A small American plover (AEgialitis vocifera). It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.
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 to murder suddenly and by stealth. The sheriff may kill without murdering; the duelist murders, but does not assassinate his antagonist; the assassin kills and murders. { Kill´dee• , Kill´deer• } n. [So named from its notes.] (Zoöl.) A small American plover (AEgialitis vocifera). It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and band across the breast, black.