pillow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
  2. verb rest on or as if on a pillow
    rest.
    • pillow your head

WordNet

Pil"low noun
Etymology
OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.
Definitions
  1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
    [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. Shak.
  2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. R.
  3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
  4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Pil"low transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pillowed ; present participle & verbal noun Pillowing
Definitions
  1. To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
    Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. Milton.

Webster 1913