tillow

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noun

Branch; twig; shoot.

OriginMiddle English *tilwe ← Old English telga →
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Meanings

tillow1

nountillow (plural tillows)

plural tillows

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”).
  2. UKdialectalBranch; twig; shoot.

tillow2

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

present singular third person tillows · participle present tillowing · participle past tillowed · past tillowed · alternative telly

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tiller.
  2. UKdialectalintransitiveTo spread; branch out; send forth shoots.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
branchbranch outtwig

Origin

tillow · noun

  1. Old Englishtelga
  2. Middle English*tilwe
  3. Englishtillow

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

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tillow · verb

  1. Proto-West Germanic*telgōn
  2. Old Englishtelgian“to put forth branches”
  3. Middle English*tilwen
  4. Englishtillow

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tillow

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Anagrams

Towill
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APA

tillow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tillow

MLA

“tillow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tillow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tillow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tillow.

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