Till Definition

tĭl

tilled, tilling, tills

verb

tilled, tilling, tills

To work (land) in raising crops, as by plowing and fertilizing; cultivate.

Webster's New World

To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc)

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Antonyms:
sow
plant

preposition

Until.

American Heritage

Until.

Webster's New World

Up to the place of; as far as.

Webster's New World

(now dialectal) To.

Wiktionary

Until, up to, as late as (a given time)

I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.

She stayed till the very end.

Wiktionary

conjuntion

Until.

American Heritage

Until.

Webster's New World

Until, until the time that.

Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.

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noun

tills

A drawer or tray for keeping money.

Webster's New World

A supply of money; a purse.

American Heritage

Ready cash.

Webster's New World

Unstratified, unsorted, glacial drift of clay, sand, boulders, and gravel.

Webster's New World

The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

My count of my till was 30 dollars short.

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Synonyms:

Synonyms:
boulder clay
trough
public-treasury
cashbox
money-box
cabinet drawer
shelf
box
tray
drawer
cash-register

Other Word Forms of Till

Noun

Singular:

till

Plural:

tills

Origin of Till

From Middle English tillen "to draw" from Old English -tyllan (as in betyllan "to lure, decoy," and fortyllan "draw away;" related to tollian). Or alternatively from Anglo-Norman tylle "compartment" from Old French tille "compartment, shelter on a ship" from Old Norse þilja "plank." Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“I lure, attract").

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Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer.

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Middle English from Old English til from Old Norse

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English (Northumbrian) til, from Old Norse til.

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Middle English tillen from Old English tilian

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Shortened from lentil.

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Middle English tille

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English tilian

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Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition