1. Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
   "The sailor gripped the tiller firmly as he steered the small sailing boat"
    
2. A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
   "The farmer used a tiller to prepare the field for planting";
   - cultivator
    
3. Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
   "The tiller worked from dawn to dusk preparing the fields for spring planting"
    
4. A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
   "The wheat plant produced multiple tillers, increasing its yield"

1. Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
   "The wheat tillered well in the fertile soil";
   - stool

Derived forms: tillers, tillered, tillering

Type of: acquire, develop, farm machine, farmer, get, granger [US], grow, lever, produce, shoot, sodbuster [N. Amer]

Part of: rudder

Encyclopedia: Tiller, OR