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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /dɪl/
dill means: A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.
noun
A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.
- Add some dill to the sauce.
- She grows dill in her garden.
- Fresh dill tastes good with salmon.
A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and flavoured with a strongly scented herb.
- He ate a dill with his sandwich.
- The jar held several large dills.
- Would you like a sliced dill on your burger?
A foolish person.
- Don’t be such a dill.
- I felt like a dill after forgetting my keys.
- Those dills painted the wrong wall.
verb
To cook or flavour food with the herb whose thin leaves and seeds have a strong smell.
- Dill the fish before serving it.
- She dilled the potatoes with herbs from her garden.
- We usually dill the cucumbers before putting them in jars.
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain or worry.
- Her gentle voice dilled his fears.
- Nothing could dill the child’s pain.
- He tried to dill her grief with kind words.
Questions about dill
What does dill mean?
A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.
What is dill in other languages?
Türkçe: dereotu · Español: eneldo · Français: aneth · Deutsch: Dill · Italiano: aneto · 日本語: ディル
How do you pronounce dill?
It is pronounced /dɪl/.
How do you use dill in a sentence?
Add some dill to the sauce. She grows dill in her garden.
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