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noun
1.
a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
2.
anything used to cushion the head; headrest: a pillow of moss.
3.
Also called lace pillow. a hard cushion or pad that supports the pattern and threads in the making of bobbin lace.
4.
a supporting piece or part, as the block on which the inner end of a bowsprit rests.
verb (used with object)
5.
to rest on or as on a pillow.
6.
to support with pillows.
7.
to serve as a pillow for: She pillowed the child with her body.
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Pillowing
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used without object)
8.
to rest as on a pillow.
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Word Origin & History
pillow
O.E. pyle, from W.Gmc. *pulwi(n) (cf. M.Du. polu, O.H.G. pfuliwi, Ger. Pfühl), an early borrowing (2c. or 3c.) from L. pulvinus "cushion," of uncertain origin. The verb is first recorded 1629. Slang pillow talk first recorded 1939.
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