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tiller

noun

1 tiller

A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass.

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Roget 802: treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper; cash register, kutcherry, bursary; strong box, strong hold, strong room; coffer; chest etc. ... show more

2 tiller

Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops).

Dutch: landman, boer

3 tiller

Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat.

Polish: rumpel

4 tiller

A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture).

synonym: cultivator.

Polish: drapacz, kultywator

verb

1 tiller

Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.

synonym: stool.


Moby thesaurus: Bauer, agriculturalist, agriculturist, agrologist, agronomist, coffee-planter, collective farm worker, crofter, cropper, cultivator, dirt farmer, dry farmer, farm laborer, farmer, farmhand, gentleman farmer, granger, grower, harvester, harvestman ... show more.

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