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Meanings of tiller in inglês

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

Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.

Synonyms
Examples for "cultivator"
Examples for "cultivator"
1
Behind the cultivator, a flock of blackbirds fed in the fresh-turned earth.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
2
Then with my cultivator I loosen up the bottom of the furrow.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
3
Over three-fifths of the area the soil was left without a cultivator.
The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary
4
In town I saw a man trying to sell a two-horse cultivator.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Re...
5
The first poor cultivator obtains a hundred bushels for his year's wages.
The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I...
Usage of tiller in inglês
1
The midshipman eased over the tiller-bar and said shyly, 'Will you, sir?'
Second to None
2
But I am responsible in the meantime, for I have the tiller.
Macleod of Dare
3
Six rowers sat on the thwarts, and the coxswain took the tiller.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
4
He holds his watch in his right hand with the tiller rope.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
5
Maël steered to avoid it, but the tiller broke in his hands.
Penguin Island
6
So Rob himself sprang down to the stern and took the tiller.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
7
The men at the tiller had quitted itnow,andgone forward.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
8
The tiller of the soil is going forth again to his work.
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
9
Wrington at the tiller in one, Jones, his lieutenant, steering the other.
The Grell Mystery
10
Six oarsmen took their seats, and the coxswain went to the tiller.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
11
Spend some time working the soil by hand or with a tiller.
Vegetable gardening for dummies
12
Averren moved the tiller over that they might come nearer to it.
The wandering fire
13
The skipper was at the tiller, but she did not relieve him.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
14
Edred left his place at the tiller and went forward to Harold.
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
15
There were four oarsmen, and the Boss let me take the tiller.
New york: the novel
16
When he reached the tiller, he slumped against it and held on.
Winter’s Tale
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Tiller through the time
Tiller across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common