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dill¹
- /dɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
noun dills
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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.
The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
Similar: anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
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A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.
Similar: dill pickle
verb dills · dilling · dilled
- To cook or flavor with dill. My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.
dill²
- /dɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Variant of dull
verb dills · dilling · dilled
- To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. 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.
dill³
- /dɪl/
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
Perhaps a backformation from dilly (“silly”).
noun dills
- A fool. 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.
Dill⁴
Rhymes with -ɪl
Where it comes from
* As a German surname, from Diele (“floorboard”).
* As an English surname, from the noun dill and also the adjective dull.
* As a Scottish/Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McDill, itself a variant of McDowell.
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anethum graveolens, dill weed, fennel, herb, anet, spice, snipped, anethum, genus anethum, lahn, dillweed, anise, otenga, anise hyssop, sweet horsemint, aniseseed
Translations
Every language
noun herb of the species Anethum graveolens
| Español | eneldo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 딜 dil |
| 日本語 | 蒔蘿 inondo, ディル diru |
| 中文 | 蒔蘿 /莳萝 shíluó |
| हिन्दी | सोआ soā |
| Português | endro, aneto |
| Français | aneth, aneth odorant |
| Deutsch | Dill |
| Italiano | aneto |
| Ελληνικά | άνηθος ánithos |
| Română | mărar |
| Русский | укро́п ukróp, укро́п паху́чий ukróp paxúčij |
| Tiếng Việt | thìa là, thì là |
| العربية | شِبِثّ šibiṯṯ, شِبِتّ šibitt |
| עברית | שָׁמִיר shamír, שֶׁבֶת רֵיחָנִי shévet rekhaní |
noun dill pickle, cucumber pickled with dill
| Deutsch | Dillgurke, saure Gurke |
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title = {dill},
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