pillow
verb/ˈpɪləʊ/
/ˈpɪləʊ/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pillow | /ˈpɪləʊ/ /ˈpɪləʊ/ |
| he / she / it pillows | /ˈpɪləʊz/ /ˈpɪləʊz/ |
| past simple pillowed | /ˈpɪləʊd/ /ˈpɪləʊd/ |
| past participle pillowed | /ˈpɪləʊd/ /ˈpɪləʊd/ |
| -ing form pillowing | /ˈpɪləʊɪŋ/ /ˈpɪləʊɪŋ/ |
- pillow something (+ adv./prep.) to rest something, especially your head, on an object
- She lay on the grass, her head pillowed on her arms.
Word OriginOld English pyle, pylu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peluw and German Pfühl, based on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.Definitions on the go
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