Meaning

1 senses

  1. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

Examples

69 sentences

  1. Hide behind that pillar.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Hope is the pillar of life.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · 2001 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Failure is the pillar of success.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · 2001 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Love is the pillar of marriage.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · 2001 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The pillars take the roof's weight.

    deDie Pfeiler tragen das Gewicht des Daches. — Zaghawa

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sundown · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pi

From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

pillars, pillaring, pillared, pillared
Base formpillar · to pillar
3rd person singularpillars
Present participlepillaring
Past simplepillared
Past participlepillared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypillar
he, she, itpillars

Past simpleLesson

all personspillared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pillared
he, she, ithas pillared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pillar

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcaterpillar

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pillA2pillagepillowB1pillowcaseB2pilotA2
pillar — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto