"tillow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tillows [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪləʊ Etymology: From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*tilwe}} Middle English *tilwe, {{m|enm|*telwe}} *telwe, {{m|enm|*telghe}} *telghe, {{inh|en|ang|telga}} Old English telga, {{m|ang|telge||twig, branch, shoot}} telge (“twig, branch, shoot”), {{l|en|tiller}} tiller Head templates: {{en-noun}} tillow (plural tillows)
  1. Alternative form of tiller Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tiller
    Sense id: en-tillow-en-noun-ZWkE9gP5
  2. (UK dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tillow-en-noun-KnByVuYI Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: tillows [present, singular, third-person], tillowing [participle, present], tillowed [participle, past], tillowed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪləʊ Etymology: From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*tilwen}} Middle English *tilwen, {{m|enm|*telwien}} *telwien, {{m|enm|*telȝen}} *telȝen, {{inh|en|ang|telgian|t=to put forth branches}} Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*telgōn}} Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, {{m|gmw-pro|*tilgijan|t=to branch, sprout, produce}} *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed)
  1. Alternative form of tiller Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tiller
    Sense id: en-tillow-en-verb-ZWkE9gP5
  2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-tillow-en-verb-0GyjMSfs Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: telly
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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