tiller

/tˈɪlɐ/

/ˈtɪɫɝ/

Tiller

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

synonyms : cultivator

lever used to turn the rudder on a boat

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

a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

to tiller

MAIN VERB

grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

synonyms : stool

Examples

1. Every year, we have taken our hand more and more off the tiller.

2. Take your foot of the tiller for one minute, and whoop.

3. Noah was the first tiller of the soil.

4. You've got the sails, you've got the rigging, you've got the tiller.