dill /dɪl/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •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.The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.] — 1940 •A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring. •(Australia, informal) A fool.He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself. — 2016 verb2 •To cook or flavor with dill.My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left. — 2014 •To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother. — 1775 formsdilled · dilling · dills
