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1. (n.) tiller
a person who tills; farmer.
2. tiller
a thing that tills.
3. (n.) tiller
a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering.
4. (n.) tiller
a plant shoot that springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk.
5. (v.i.) tiller
(of a plant) to put forth new shoots from the root or bottom of the original stalk.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE telgor twig, shoot (not recorded in ME); akin to telge rod, ON tjalga branch)
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1. (noun) tiller
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
2. (noun) tiller
someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
3. (noun) tiller
lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
4. (verb) cultivator, tiller
a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
5. (verb) stool, tiller
grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
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1. (noun) tiller
a shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker
2. (noun) tiller
a sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump
3. (noun) tiller
a young timber tree
4. (noun) tiller
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
5. (noun) tiller
the stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself
6. (noun) tiller
the handle of anything
7. (noun) tiller
a small drawer; a till
8. (verb) tiller
one who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman
9. (verb) tiller
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
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Sense: the handle or lever used to turn the rudder of a boat.
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 Afrikaans: roerpen, helmstok |
 Arabic: ذِراع دَفَّة القارِب |
 Bulgarian: румпел |
 Brazilian: barra do leme |
 Czech: kormidlová páka |
 German: die Ruderpinne |
 Danish: rorpind |
 Greek: τμήμα του τιμονιού με το |
 Spanish: caña del timón |
 Estonian: roolipinn |
 Farsi: دسته سکان |
 Finnish: peräsinvarsi |
 French: barre |
 Hebrew: מוֹט הָהֶגֶה |
 Hindi: हत्था |
 Croatian: ruda krmila |
 Hungarian: kormányrúd |
 Indonesian: tangkai kemudi |
 Icelandic: stjórnvölur |
 Italian: barra |
 Japanese: 舵の柄 |
 Korean: 키의 손잡이 |
 Lithuanian: vairas |
 Latvian: stūres grozīklis |
 Malay: celaga; bam |
 Dutch: roer |
 Norwegian: rorpinne |
 Polish: rumpel, ster |
 Persian: دسته سکان |
 Pashto: اړم ( څنګ روڼ ) چې بېړۍ ب |
 Portuguese: barra do leme |
 Romanian: cârmă |
 Russian: румпель |
 Slovak: kormidlová páka |
 Slovenian: krmilo |
 Serbian: poluga krme |
 Swedish: rorpinne, -kult |
 Thai: ด้ามของหางเสือเรือ |
 Turkish: dümen yekesi |
 Taiwanese: 舵柄 |
 Ukrainian: румпель |
 Urdu: پتوار گھمانے کا ہينڈل |
 Vietnamese: tay bánh lái tàu |
 Chinese: 舵柄 |
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