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till
1[ til ]
preposition
- up to the time of; until:
to fight till death.
- before (used in negative constructions):
He did not come till today.
- near or at a specified time:
till evening.
It's ten till four on my watch.
- Scot. and North England.
conjunction
- to the time that or when; until.
- before (used in negative constructions).
till
2[ til ]
verb (used with object)
- to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate.
- to plow.
verb (used without object)
- to cultivate the soil.
till
3[ til ]
noun
- a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- a drawer, tray, or the like, as in a cabinet or chest, for keeping valuables.
- an arrangement of drawers or pigeonholes, as on a desk top.
till
4[ til ]
noun
- Geology. glacial drift consisting of an unassorted mixture of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders.
- a stiff clay.
till
1/ tɪl /
verb
- to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops
- another word for plough
till
2/ tɪl /
conjunction
- Also (not standard)'til short for until
- to; towards
- dialect.in order that
come here till I tell you
till
3/ tɪl /
noun
- a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register
till
4/ tɪl /
noun
- an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay
till
/ tĭl /
- 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.
Usage
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈtiller, noun
- ˈtillable, adjective
Other Words From
- mis·tilled adjective
- un·tilled adjective
- un·tilling adjective
- well-tilled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of till1
Origin of till2
Origin of till3
Origin of till4
Word History and Origins
Origin of till1
Origin of till2
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Origin of till4
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the subsequent idioms beginning with till , also see hand in the till ; until .Example Sentences
Officers also found a half-empty vodka bottle behind the till along with a three-quarters empty bottle of rum in the back of the shop.
Protesters were reported to have responded to a “final” call from Khan, asking them to “fight till the end” until their demands are met.
"I will stand till my last breath and you have to support me. This is not just about my husband but about this country and its leader," she said.
"From last Friday till last night, I have been smuggling people," Shamo said in one conversation.
Thames Water chief executive Chris Weston previously warned that the company only has enough cash to survive till next May but many think it will run out of money by Christmas.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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