tiller
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈtɪlər/
- The adults are what my father calls salt of the earth—lintheads, tillers of the soil, jackleg carpenters, and electricians, possessors of wary.
- land to the tiller
Examples
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Many farmers take pride in being skilled tillers who prepare the soil for a successful harvest.
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Tommy, now get back to the tiller.
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Now we've got a tiller.
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Cain was a tiller of the ground... and Abel was a keeper of flocks.
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Writing to Theo from Arles in June, he characterized the ancient Egyptian kings, somewhat nostalgically, as "eternal tillers of the soil, worshippers of the sun."
Academic text (1993) -
She hired a tiller to cultivate the fields before planting vegetables this spring.
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As a dedicated tiller, he worked tirelessly to ensure the land produced healthy crops.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
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2.6
A person who raises plants or crops to sell
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1.6
A person who works on a farm doing physical tasks like planting and caring for animals
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4.1
A person who grows crops, often as a job
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7.4
A person who studies or works in farming to grow crops
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6.3
A man who plows fields on a farm
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4.0
A person who prepares and looks after land to grow crops or plants
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3.2
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
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7.9
A person who uses a hoe to dig and remove weeds
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6.0
A person who grows plants or crops on land
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5.6
A person who turns soil with a tool to prepare fields for planting
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8.1
A machine or person that shapes soil into small hills for planting crops
A person who digs or turns soil with a spade
Idioms
- Informal
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7.7
Calm, skilled control of a team or company in difficult times
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tiller also comes from the verb till, meaning 'to work the soil'. So a tiller is a person who prepares the ground for crops.