Definition of TILLER

tiller

Plural: tillers

Noun

  • a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
  • someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
  • lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
  • a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
  • A person who tills; a farmer.
  • A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
  • A young tree.
  • A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
  • The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
  • A handle; a stalk.
  • The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
  • A small drawer; a till.

Verb

Verb Forms: tillered, tillering, tillers

  • To send out new shoots or stems from the base of a plant.
  • grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
  • To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

Examples

  • From one short word, his strategy began to TILLER, growing into multiple scoring opportunities.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

Synonyms

cultivator, stool

Scrabble Score: 6

tiller: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tiller: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tiller: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

tiller: valid Words With Friends Word