# pilled

Pronunciation: US say "PILD" /pɪld/; UK

## Adjective

1. Of woven fabric, having formed small matted balls of fiber across its surface from wear.
   - Simple: Covered in small fuzzy balls of fiber that form on worn cloth.
   - _After months of wear, the jacket's elbows were noticeably pilled._
   - _Quality merino resists becoming pilled even under daily use._
3. Having come to firmly believe in a particular idea or worldview, framed as the effect of swallowing a figurative pill. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Now firmly believing in a certain idea after being won over to it.
   - _His brother got pilled by a podcast and now sees conspiracies everywhere._
   - _Once you're pilled, the old explanations stop making any sense to you._
4. Intoxicated from taking pills, especially recreational drugs. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Out of it from taking too many drug pills.
   - _The singer arrived pilled and could hardly finish the set._
   - _They spent the whole night pilled at the warehouse party._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of pill. — simple past and past participle of pill
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of pill. Use this form for cloth that has already formed tiny fiber balls.
   - _The wool blanket pilled noticeably after the first cold season._
   - _Cheap upholstery pilled wherever people leaned against it._

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