1.  tiller(n = noun.plant) - a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass;
is a kind of shoot
Derived form verb tiller₁

2.  tiller(n = noun.person) - someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops);
is a kind of farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster
Derived form verb till₁

3.  tiller(n = noun.artifact) - lever used to turn the rudder on a boat;
is a kind of lever
is a part of rudder

4.  tiller(n = noun.artifact) cultivator - a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture);
is a kind of farm machine
has particulars: harrow
Derived form verb till₁

   tiller(v = verb.body) stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers;
is one way to acquire, develop, get, grow, produce
Derived form noun tiller₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

   One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman. [1913 Webster]

1.  A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. [1913 Webster]

2.  A young timber tree. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

   To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering. [1913 Webster]

1.  A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1. [1913 Webster]

2.  The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [1913 Webster]
"You can shoot in a tiller." [1913 Webster]

3.  The handle of anything. [1913 Webster]

4.  A small drawer; a till. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

tiller, n. a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat's rudder to turn it in steering.

tiller, n. & v.
--n.
1 a shoot of a plant springing from the bottom of the original stalk.
2 a sapling.
3 a sucker.
--v.intr. put forth tillers.

Etymology:
app. repr. OE telgor extended f. telga bough

N  instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.

N  treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper, cash register, kutcherry, bursary, strong box, strong hold, strong room, coffer, chest, safe, bank vault, depository, till, tiller, purse, money bag, money box, porte-monnaie, purse strings, pocket, breeches pocket, sinking fund, stocks, public stocks, public funds, public securities, parliamentary stocks, parliamentary funds, parliamentary securities, Consols, credit mobilier, bonds.