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tillow

tillow noun: branch; twig; shoot. Also the alternative form of tiller.

Noun

tillow (plural tillows)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot.

Verb

tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.

Also used as

tillow is also the alternative form of tiller.

Forms of tillow

Noun
pluraltillows
Verb
third-person singular presenttillows
present participletillowing
past participletillowed
pasttillowed
alternative formtelly

Origin of tillow

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”).

Words that rhyme with tillow

Questions about tillow

What does tillow mean?
Tillow means branch; twig; shoot.
What part of speech is tillow?
Tillow can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tillow?
The plural of tillow is tillows.

Words near tillow in the dictionary

  1. tillodont
  2. tillodonts
  3. Tillotson
  4. Tillotsonian
  5. Tillotsons
  6. tillow
  7. tillowed
  8. tillowing
  9. tillows
  10. tills
  11. Tillson

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