<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called trichloromethane.</li><li>Chemistry, Pharmacology. A colorless, volatile, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble, pungent, sweet-tasting liquid, CHCl₃, usually derived from acetone, acetaldehyde, or ethyl alcohol by the reaction of chloride of lime.</li><li>Used chiefly in medicine as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To administer chloroform to, especially in order to anesthetize, make unconscious, or kill.</li><li>To put chloroform on (a cloth, object, etc.).</li></ul>