tiller

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

Definition categories: plant, shoot

2. someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)

Definition categories: person, farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster

3. lever used to turn the rudder on a boat

Definition categories: man–made, lever

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

Similar word(s): cultivator

Definition categories: man–made

verb

1. grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

Similar word(s): stool

Definition categories: body, acquire, develop, get, grow, produce