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.]

tillable till'a·ble adj.
till² (tĭl)
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.

till³ (tĭl)
n.

1. A drawer, small chest, or compartment for money, as in a store.
2. A supply of money; a purse.

[Middle English tille.]

till⁴ (tĭl)
n.

Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.

[Origin unknown.]

The generic term for sediment deposited directly from glacier ice. Till is characteristically nonsorted and nonstratified and is deposited by lodgement or melt-out beneath a glacier or by melt-out on the surface of a glacier. The texture of till varies greatly and all tills are characterized by a wide range, of particle sizes. Till contains a variety of rock and mineral fragments which reflect the source material over which the glacier flowed. The particles in the deposit usually show a preferred orientation related to the nature and direction of the ice flow. The overall character of the fill reflects the source material, position and distance of transport, nature and position of deposition, and postdepositional changes.

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Cash register, drawer, or any location where money is kept or stored for business purposes.

verb

To prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops: cultivate, culture, dress, tend², work. See prepared/unprepared, touch/not touch.

In addition to the subsequent idioms beginning with till, also see hand in the till; until.

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v

Definition: cultivate land
Antonyms: plant, sow

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A now outmoded term for glacial till; inexact as till does not always contain boulders.

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[Ge]

Poorly sorted material carried by ice-sheets and glaciers and deposited directly by the ice. All grades of material are represented, from clay-sized particles up to substantial boulders, the lithology and origin of the material being a reflection of the surface geology over which the ice-sheet or glacier previously flowed. Also known as boulder clay. Archaeologically, till is one of the most difficult natural substrates to work on because there are many variations in the texture and composition of the till at all sorts of scales, many of which look like archaeological features such as pits and ditches, as well as the geomorphological effects of a previously glaciated environment such as frost cracking and cryoturbation.

To prepare land for growing plants or crops; to cultivate.

Glacial deposit of boulders and clay left when the ice sheet of a glacier melted.

IN BRIEF: A strongbox for holding cash. Also: A treasury for government funds.

If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill. — Ann Richards

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
prep. - til, indtil
conj. - til, indtil

2.
n. - pengeskuffe, kasseapparat

3.
v. tr. - pløje, dyrke

4.
n. - istidssedimenter

Nederlands (Dutch)
kassa, bebouwen

Français (French)
1.
prep. - jusqu'à, jusque, avant
conj. - jusqu'à ce que, avant que, tant que

2.
n. - caisse

3.
v. tr. - labourer

4.
n. - (Géol) argile à blocaux

Deutsch (German)
1.
prep. - bis
conj. - bis

2.
n. - Kasse

3.
v. - bestellen

4.
n. - Geschiebelehm, Moränenschutt

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - ώσπου/ίσαμε (να), έως, μέχρι
conj. - έως ότου, μέχρι να
v. - οργώνω, (μτφ.) καλλιεργώ (το έδαφος)
n. - ταμείο

Italiano (Italian)
fino, finchè, coltivare

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - até
conj. - até que
v. - lavrar, amanhar, cultivar
n. - conglomerado argiloso (m), terreno errático (m)

Русский (Russian)
указывает на момент, вплоть до которого совершается действие., (момент времени): до тех пор пока, (амер.) указывает на время "без": "без пяти минут шесть", пахать, возделывать землю

Español (Spanish)
1.
prep. - hasta
conj. - hasta que

2.
n. - cajón o gaveta para el dinero

3.
v. tr. - cultivar, labrar, arar

4.
n. - (geol) arcilla u otro sedimento depositado debido a deshielos glaciares

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - till, ända till, tills, ända tills
conj. - till, ända till, tills, ända tills, till dess att
v. - odla (upp), bruka
n. - kassa, kassalåda, kassaapparat

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 耕种

2. 直到...为止, 在...以前, 直到...

3. 放钱的抽屉, 钱箱, 钱柜, 备用现金, 柜台所存现金

4. 冰碛

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 耕種

2.
prep. - 直到...為止, 在...以前, 直到...
conj. - 直到...為止, 在...以前, 直到...

3.
n. - 冰磧

4.
n. - 放錢的抽屜, 錢箱, 錢櫃, 備用現金, 櫃檯所存現金

한국어 (Korean)
1.
prep. - ~까지, ~이 되어서야 비로소
conj. - (~할 때) 까지, ~까지~않다, ~하여 마침내

2.
n. - 돈 서랍, 귀중품 서랍

3.
v. tr. - 경작하다

4.
n. - 표석 점토, 빙력토

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - …まで, 前
n. - 現金用引き出し, 現金入れ引き出し
v. - 耕す, 耕作する
conj. - …してついに, まで

idioms:

• put off till the cows get home    永久に延期する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) حتى, الى (حرف عطف) الى أن (فعل) يفلح, يحرث (الاسم) درج النقود في متجر أو بنك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮עד, עד ל-, עד ש-‬
conj. - ‮עד, עד ל-, עד ש-‬
n. - ‮קופה, מגירת-קופה, מגירת-כסף‬
v. tr. - ‮עיבד אדמה, חרש‬
n. - ‮גוש חימר או משקע לא מרובד אחר שהורבד ע"י קרחונים שנמסו‬

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