pilled
past simple and past participle ofpill
pill
verb[I]
USuk/pɪl/us/pɪl/(UKbobble)If apieceofclothingormaterialpills, itdevelopssmallballsofthreadsonitssurface.
Textiles: general words
- baize
- Bargello
- bias
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier
- fibre
- multifilament
- nap
- padding
- pile
- pill
- reweave
- suiting
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- webbed
- yarn
Examplesofpilled
pilled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Anyone put up for election could be "pilled" or blackballed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although he had smoothlypilledaway from the chasing pack, until a misfire set in.
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- secondary consumer
- secondary-consumer
- secondary containment
- secondary crater
- secondary data
- secondary-data
- secondary distribution
- secondary-distribution
- secondary education
- secondary effect
- secondary electron
- secondary explosion
- secondary forest
- secondary goal
- secondary importance
- secondary industry
- secondary-industry
- secondary infection
- secondary legislation
- secondary-legislation
- secondary level
- secondary market
- secondary-market
- secondary meaning
- secondary-meaning