NOUN | plant | tiller | a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass |
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person | tiller | someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops) | |
artifact | tiller | lever used to turn the rudder on a boat | |
artifact | tiller, cultivator | a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | |
VERB | body | tiller, stool | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers |
Sounds | tih'ler | |
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Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... |
Meaning | A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass. | |
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Broader | shoot | A new branch |
Verbs | tiller | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers |
Meaning | someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops). | |
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Broader | farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster | A person who operates a farm |
Verbs | till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
Meaning | lever used to turn the rudder on a boat. | |
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Part of | rudder | (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel |
Broader | lever | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
Spanish | caña del timón |
Meaning | A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture). | |
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Synonym | cultivator | |
Narrower | harrow | A cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil |
Broader | farm machine | A machine used in farming |
Spanish | cultivador | |
Catalan | cultivador | |
Verbs | till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
Meaning | Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonym | stool | |
Broader | grow, develop, produce, get, acquire | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
Nouns | tiller | a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass |
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