dill
dill · dills · dilled · dilling
To cook or flavor with dillTo cook or flavor with dill.
/dɪl/
» Tom bought three jars of dill pickles.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo cook or flavor with dill.
To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
Examples
17 sentencesTom bought three jars of dill pickles.
Tom bought a jar of dill pickles.
I want to buy a jar of dill pickles.
Tom didn't eat dill pickles.
ruТом не ел маринованных огурцов. — venticello
I don't eat dill pickles.
Origin
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliFrom 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.
Variant of dull
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Forms
dills, dilling, dilled, dilledWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle