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Similar words: billow · willow · pillbox · pillion · willowy · allow · bellow · callow · fallow · fellow
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pillow

1 noun on bedpiliúr masc1  c m uceannadhairt fem2  c m uadhairt fem2  c m u 2 noun CRAFT in lacemakingpiliúr masc1  c m u 3 noun sth pillow-likepiliúr masc1  c m u 4 verb especially literary TRANSITIVEleag verb  c m ulig anuasshe pillowed her head on his arm leag sí a ceann ar a sciathán

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Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • blow-up »
    a blow-up pillow piliúr inséidte, ceannadhairt aeir
  • burrow »
    she burrowed her face into the pillow thum sí a haghaidh sa philiúr
  • bury »
    she buried her face in the pillow bhrúigh sí a haghaidh isteach sa philiúr
  • lay »
    she laid her head on the pillow leag sí a ceann ar an gceannadhairt
  • lay down »
    she laid down her head on the pillow leag sí a ceann ar an bpiliúr
  • light »
    I went out like a light the minute my head touched the pillow bhí mé i mo chnap codlata a luaithe a leag mé mo cheann ar an bpiliúr
  • plump »
    to plump a pillow piliúr a bhualadh chun é a líonadh
  • prop »
    a pillow was propping up his head bhí piliúr ag tabhairt taca dá chloigeann
  • recline »
    she reclined her head against the pillow lig sí a ceann anuas ar an gceannadhairt
  • rest »
    his head was resting on the pillow bhí a cheann leagtha ar an bpiliúr
  • smother »
    he was smothered with a pillow le piliúr a plúchadh é
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