dill
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Etymology 1
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
Noun
dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)
- Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
- Synonym: dill pickle
- (informal) a fool.
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
- He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
Synonyms
- (herb): anet, dillseed, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- (type of pickle): dill pickle
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Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To cook or flavor with dill
- 2014, Anatoly (Tony) Kandiew, Red Devils, →ISBN, page 139:
- My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.
See also
Etymology 2
Variant of dull
Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
- 1775, Robert Baillie, Letters and Journals: Written by the deceased Mr. Robert Baillie, Principal of the University of Glasgow, page 252:
- The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.
- 1829, Publications - Issue 25, Volume 2, page x:
- The innocent was punished. The gear is payed and the thieves dilled down.
- 1829, John Spalding & James Skene, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland, page vii:
- The Provincial Assembly sits down. Dr. Guild moderator. Dr. Scroggie preaches. His sermon found faulty. It dills down.
- 1890, Thomas Nield, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England: A Drama, page 23:
- And there is nought to call them back, while these Curmudgeon generals dill down in their fear.
- 1938, Alexander Ross, Scot. Text S, page 195:
- That now the dinn o' it wad soon dill down, An' but a story at the last be found.
Further reading
- “dill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dill”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)
Declension
Swedish
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Noun
dill c (uncountable)
- the herb dill
Declension
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Nominative | dill | dillen | — | — |
Genitive | dills | dillens | — | — |
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Particle
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Preposition
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- to (indicating destination)
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Adverb
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- another, one more
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Derived terms
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