till 1 (t l)tr.v. tilled, till·ing, tills To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate. [Middle English tilen, from Old English tilian.] till  a·ble adj. |
| till 2 (tl) prep. Until. conj. Until. [Middle English, from Old English til, from Old Norse.] Usage Note: Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. · Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning "up to." In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect. |
| till 3 (tl) n. 1. A drawer, small chest, or compartment for money, as in a store. 2. A supply of money; a purse. [Middle English tille.] |
| till 4 (tl) n. Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. [Origin unknown.] |
till 1
conj, prep
same as until [Old English til]
USAGE: Till is a variant of until that is acceptable at all levels of language. Until is, however, often preferred at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing: until his behaviour improves, he cannot become a member.
till 2
Verb
to cultivate (land) for the raising of crops: a constant round of sowing, tilling and harvesting [Old English tilian to try, obtain]
tillable adj
tiller n
tiller n
till 3
Noun
a box or drawer into which money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register [origin unknown]
| till (tl) An unstratified, unconsolidated mass of boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud deposited by the movement or melting of a glacier. The size and shape of the sediments that constitute till vary widely. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  till - unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together |
| 2. |  till - a treasury for government funds | |
| 3. |  till - a strongbox for holding cash cash register, register - a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill | |
| Verb | 1. | till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
till 1
till 2
noun cash register, cash box, cash drawer
Translations
prep / conj till [til]
to the time of or when I'll wait till six o'clock; Go on till you reach the station. totdat حَتّى до(като) až (do) til; indtil bis ωσότου, ώσπου να hasta (que) kuni, seni kui تا؛ تا اینکه saakka, kunnes jusqu'à (ce que) עַד जब, जब तक do, dok -ig (időben); (a)míg sampai til, þar/þangað til fino, finché ～まで (...할 때)까지 iki, kol līdz; kamēr sampai; sehingga tot til (aż) do até până (ce) до; (до тех пор) пока (не) až (do) do; dokler ne do till, tills จนกระทั่ง ...-e kadar 直到...為止 до; доти, поки تک، جب تک cho tới khi 直到...为止
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