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dilled

dilled is the simple past and past participle of dill.

Meaning of dill

Verb (1)

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

  1. To cook or flavor with dill.
    • My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.2014, Anatoly (Tony) Kandiew, Red Devils, →ISBN, page 139

Verb (2)

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

  1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
    • The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.1775, Robert Baillie, Letters and Journals: Written by the deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow, page 252

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Questions about dilled

What is dilled the simple past and past participle of?
Dilled is the simple past and past participle of dill.

Words near dilled in the dictionary

  1. Dillaway
  2. dillbag
  3. dillbags
  4. dillbrain
  5. dillbrains
  6. dilled
  7. dillegrout
  8. Dillehay
  9. Dillenbeck
  10. Dillenbecks
  11. dilleniaceous

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