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Definition of Tiller
1. Verb. Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.
2. Noun. A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass.
3. Noun. Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops).
4. Noun. Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat.
5. Noun. A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture).
Generic synonyms: Farm Machine
Specialized synonyms: Harrow
Derivative terms: Cultivate, Till
Definition of Tiller
1. n. One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
2. n. A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
3. v. i. To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.
4. n. A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
Definition of Tiller
1. Noun. A person who tills; a farmer. ¹
2. Noun. A machine that mechanically tills the soil. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A young tree. ¹
4. Noun. A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To put forth new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool. ¹
6. Noun. (archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow. ¹
7. Noun. (nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501). ¹
8. Noun. (nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder. ¹
9. Noun. A handle; a stalk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tiller
1. to put forth stems from a root [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Tiller
1. Sprout, stalk, especially one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its lower leaves. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiller
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