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# dill

noun (dill, uncountable; a dill, dills in Australian slang)

«dill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#m1)
2. (Australia, NZ, informal) A silly or foolish person; a mild, friendly insult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#m2)

### In the lessons

In cooking and gardening lessons dill is a herb grown from seeds; in food it flavours dill pickles and salmon; in Australian talk calling someone «a dill» is like calling them a twit; phrases: «dill pickle», «fresh dill», «you dill!».

### Examples

- Mum sprinkled chopped dill on the potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x1)
- I love crunchy dill pickles in my burger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x2)
- We grew dill in a pot on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x3)
- Dill seeds smell a bit like aniseed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x4)
- (Australia) «You left your lunch on the bus, you dill!» laughed Jack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x5)
- (Australia) Don't be a dill, put your hat on in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x6)
- Grandma makes salmon with dill sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x7)
- The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/#x8)

### Note

The herb is uncountable: some dill, not «a dill». The slang sense is countable (a dill) and mild, used among friends. A «dill pickle» is a cucumber pickled with dill.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dill.html) on Mova free.