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as a verb: - 1
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,
caloric engine,
heat engine.
gear;
tackle,
tackling,
rig,
rigging,
apparatus,
appliances;
plant,
materiel;
harness,
trappings,
fittings,
accouterments;
barde†;
equipment,
equipmentage†;
appointments,
furniture,
upholstery;
chattels;
paraphernalia
etc.
(belongings)
780.
mechanical powers;
lever,
leverage;
mechanical advantage;
crow,
crowbar;
handspike†,
gavelock†,
jemmy†,
jimmy,
arm,
limb,
wing;
oar,
paddle;
pulley;
wheel and axle;
wheelwork,
clockwork;
wheels within wheels;
pinion,
crank,
winch;
cam;
pedal;
capstan
etc.
(lift)
307;
wheel
etc.
(rotation)
312;
inclined plane;
wedge;
screw;
spring,
mainspring;
can hook,
glut,
heald†,
heddle†,
jenny,
parbuckle†,
sprag†,
water wheel.
handle,
hilt,
haft,
shaft,
heft,
shank,
blade,
trigger,
tiller,
helm,
treadle,
key;
turnscrew,
screwdriver;
knocker.
hammer
etc.
(impulse)
276;
edge tool
etc.
(cut)
253;
borer
etc.
262;
vice,
teeth,
etc.
(hold)
781;
nail,
rope
etc.
(join)
45;
peg
etc.
(hang)
214;
support
etc.
215;
spoon
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
arms
etc.
727;
oar
etc.
(navigation)
267;
cardiograph,
recapper†,
snowplow,
tenpenny†,
votograph†.
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Roget 802:
treasury,
bank,
exchequer,
fisc,
hanaper†;
cash register,
kutcherry†,
bursary;
strong box,
strong hold,
strong room;
coffer;
chest
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
safe;
bank vault;
depository
etc.
636;
till,
tiller;
purse;
money bag,
money box;
porte-monnaie [Fr.].
purse strings;
pocket,
breeches pocket.
sinking fund;
stocks;
public stocks,
public funds,
public securities,
parliamentary stocks,
parliamentary funds,
parliamentary securities;
Consols,
credit mobilier [Fr.];
bonds.
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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, haymaker, helm, husbandman, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, kulak, muzhik, peasant, peasant holder, picker, planter, plowboy, plowman, raiser, rancher, ranchman, reaper, reins, reins of government, rudder, rustic, sharecropper, sower, tea-planter, tenant farmer, tree farmer, truck farmer, wheel, yeoman ... show more.
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