Thesaurus: tiller

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1. v. t. One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
2. n. A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
3. n. A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
4. n. A young timber tree.
5. v. i. 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.
6. n. 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.
7. n. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
8. n. The handle of anything.
9. n. A small drawer; a till.
10. n. a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
11. n. someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
12. n. lever used to turn the rudder on a boat