| tiller | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. tiller | a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass. |
| ~ shoot | a new branch. |
| n. (person) | 2. tiller | someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops). |
| ~ farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster | a person who operates a farm. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. tiller | lever used to turn the rudder on a boat. |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| ~ rudder | (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. cultivator, tiller | a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture). |
| ~ farm machine | a machine used in farming. |
| ~ harrow | a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil. |
| v. (body) | 5. stool, tiller | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| till | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. boulder clay, till | unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together. |
| ~ dirt, soil | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. |
| n. (possession) | 2. public treasury, till, trough | a treasury for government funds. |
| ~ exchequer, treasury | the funds of a government or institution or individual. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cashbox, money box, till | a strongbox for holding cash. |
| ~ cash register, register | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill. |
| ~ deedbox, strongbox | a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked. |
| v. (creation) | 4. till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ plow, plough, turn | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow.; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" |
| ~ hoe | dig with a hoe.; "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
Recent comments
5 days 3 hours ago
4 weeks 6 days ago
6 weeks 2 days ago
21 weeks 4 days ago
21 weeks 4 days ago
21 weeks 4 days ago
22 weeks 2 days ago
26 weeks 3 days ago
27 weeks 2 days ago
28 weeks 1 day ago