dill, dill weed
(noun) aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning
dill, Anethum graveolens
(noun) aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)
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.
A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
Synonym: dill pickle
(informal) a fool.
• (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
• (type of pickle): dill pickle
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
To cook or flavor with dill
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
Dill
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Dill, n. Etym: [AS dile; akin to D. dille, OHG. tilli, G. dill, dille, Sw. dill, Dan. dild.] (Bot.)
Definition: An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr. Prior.
Dill, v. t. Etym: [OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a.]
Definition: To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
