wool %%a %&%&%}) to become covered in very small balls of fibre *£££

pil lage /'pilid3/ verb to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence ft %j; ffj ft; ft 3F Hn plunder :     [V] The rebels went looting

and pillaging. ^  A ft , ft1?M„ 0 [VN] The

town had been pillaged and burned.

Wi o ► pil-lage noun [U] • They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.    7$UM$ftMnI

‘16$ML pil-la-ger noun — compare loot, plunder pil-lar /'pila(r)/ noun 1 a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is used to support a bridge, the roof of a building, etc., especially when it is also decorative ) 2 a large round stone, metal or wooden post that is built to remind people of a famous person or event Em column 3 ~ of

sth a mass of sth that is shaped like a pillar       : a

pillar of smoke/rock / A ft 4 ~ of sth a strong supporter of sth; an important member of sth £ft7; ftft#; fttfitfi&ft: a pillar of the Church f oa pillar of society f:5 ~ of sth a person who has a lot of a particular quality      ^

ft M M M ft ft: She is a pillar of strength in a crisis. M 6 a basic part or feature of a system, organization, belief, etc. ( fl'J®, fgft#

M ) ftft,     AI£: the central pillar of this theory

— Mt&MftftAft IT»m be driven, pushed, etc. from .pillar to 'post to be forced to go from one person or situation to another without achieving anything )

'pillar box noun (old-fashioned, BrE) a tall red metal box in the street, used for putting letters in which are being sent by post iP M ; ft M — compare letter box, postbox

.pillar-box 'red adj. (BrE) very bright red in colour 0 £IM ► .pillar-box 'red noun [U] pillared /’pilad; NAmE -ard/ adj. [only before noun] (of a building or part of a building ft ft) having pillars

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pillbox /'pilbDks; NAmE -barks/ noun a small shelter for soldiers, often partly underground, from which a gun can be fired (      ) ft#, ftjftftf, m§k

pillion /'pilian/ noun a seat for a passenger behind the driver of a motorcycle 0 f£ X fS : a pillion pas- senger/seat         ft ® ► pillion

adv.: to ride pillion 4kft0ft^# pillock /'pilak/ noun (BrE, slang) a stupid person |£ft;

pillory /'pilari/ verb, noun

uverb (pillories, pillorying, pilloried, pilloried) [VN] [often passive] to criticize sb strongly in public ft fit if; if iff: He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas, fife @t gift? ft if^o

■ noun (pi. -ies) a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment ( AWR ) AW,       — compare

stock n.(9)

pillow /'pilau; NAmE -lou/ noun, verb u noun 1 a square or rectangular piece of cloth filled with soft material, used to rest your head on in bed it A: She lay back against the pillows.

0 pillow talk (= conversations in bed between lovers) it %L ill 0 He lay back on the grass using his backpack as a pillow, it M HP £1 ^ it A ft Eh & Jfe ± „ — picture o bed 2 (NAmE) = cushion /?.(1) mverb [VN] (literary) to rest sth, especially your head, on an object it# (      ) : She lay on t/ie grass, her head

pillowed on her arms. ^ftfe±0

pillow-case /'pilaukeis; NAmE -lou-/ (also 'pillow-slip /'pilauslip; NAmE -lou-/) noun a cloth cover for a pillow, that can be removed it Alf pilot 0“*r /'pailat/ noun, verb, adj. mnoun 1 a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job ftfxM; ( “Isff #1 )    :

an airline pilot KMftfJIATrM 0 a fighter pilot lirli o The accident was caused by pilot error.

M     — see also automatic pilot,

1499 pin

autopilot, co-pilot, test pilot 2 a person with special knowledge of a difficult area of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour, whose job is to guide ships through it^ftw; 3I 7jt M; M&M 3 a single television programme that is made in order to find out whether people will like it and want to watch further programmes (feftM)KIif1?@4 = pilot

LIGHT

■                  verb [VN] 1 to fly an aircraft or guide a ship; to act as a

pilot ( ""fcfrIf ) ; MM ( $SR ) : The plane was piloted by the instructor.        0 The

captain piloted the boat into a mooring. M-t£iGln3£ft $3 to 2 ~ sth (through sth) to guide sb/sth somewhere, especially through a complicated place or system 31 ft; (Mil (    ) : She piloted a

bill on the rights of part-time workers through parlia­ment.

iliio 3 to test a new product, idea, etc. with a few people or in a small area before it is introduced every­where lit A; lit A

madj. [only before noun] done on a small scale in order to see if sth is successful enough to do on a large scale iit 9&14M; Tit AM: a pilot project/study/survey iiti^tt /1%/iSoa pilot episode (= of a radio or tele­vision series)       J/ft g utMM—It

‘pilot light (also pilot) noun a small flame that burns all the time, for example on a gas boiler, and lights a larger flame when the gas is turned on *j|AAft; ft

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'pilot officer noun (abbr. po) an officer of the lowest rank in the British air force

'pilot whale noun a small whale that lives in warm seasg^yg;

Pils /pilz; pils/ (also Pilsner /'pilzna(r); 'pils-/) noun [U] a type of strong light-coloured beer originally made in the Czech Republic        )

PIM /,pi: ai 'em; pirn/ abbr. personal information

MANAGER

Pima /'pinna/ noun (pi. Pima or Pimas) a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US state of Arizona &4X (

H»l )

pimento /pi'mentau; NAmE -tou/ noun (pi. -os) a small red pepper with a mild taste 0 #Eft pimp /pimp/ noun, verb

m noun a man who controls prostitutes and lives on the money that they earn    A

■                  verb [V] ~ (for sb) to get customers for a prostitute ft

m%; mmm;

pim per nel /'pimpanel; NAmE -parnel/ noun a small wild plant with red, white or blue flowers ( ff

pim ple /'pimpl/ noun a small raised red spot on the skin Er.0;  ; /Jn|tin — compare spot n.(3) — see

also goose pimples ► pim ply /'pimpli/ adj.: pimply skin      0 a pimply youth

PIN /pin/ (also pin number) noun the abbreviation for ‘personal identification number’ (a number given to you, for example by a bank, so that you can use a plastic card to take out money from a cash machine) 4" Apersonal identifica­tion number,

^-53 ) — see also chip and PIN pin On /pin/ noun, verb mnoun

►                FOR FASTENING/JOINING J]j f [Aj / & & 1 a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth when sewing AAff — picture o sewing — see also bobby pin, drawing pin, hairpin,

LINCHPIN, PINS AND NEEDLES, SAFETY PIN

►                JEWELLERY 2 a short thin piece of stiff wire with a sharp point at one end and an item of decoration at the other, worn as jewellery ff; 1% If: a diamond pin

; —   ^ 5 1$) ff — see also tiepin 3 (especially NAmE)

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