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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024till1 /tɪl/USA pronunciation prep. - up to the time of;
until:to fight till death. - (used with a negative word or phrase) before;
until:They didn't come till today. - Dialect Termsbefore;
to:My watch says ten till four.
conj. - until:Till we meet again, I'll be thinking of you.
till2 /tɪl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Agricultureto work on (land), as by plowing, etc., to raise crops;
cultivate.
till•a•ble, adj. till3 /tɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a drawer, box, or the like, in which money is kept, as in a shop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024till1 (til),USA pronunciation prep. - 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.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S.]before;
to:It's ten till four on my watch. - Scottish Terms
conj. - to the time that or when;
until. - before (used in negative constructions).
- Old Norse til to, akin to Old English till station, German Ziel goal. See till2
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English (north) til
Till1 and until are both old in the language and are interchangeable as both prepositions and conjunctions:It rained till (or until) nearly midnight.The savannah remained brown and lifeless until (or till) the rains began. Till is not a shortened form of until and is not spelled 'till. 'Til is usually considered a spelling error, though widely used in advertising:Open 'til ten. till2 (til),USA pronunciation v.t. - Agricultureto labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops;
cultivate. - Agricultureto plow.
v.i. - Agricultureto cultivate the soil.
- bef. 900; Middle English tilen, Old English tilian to strive after, get, till; cognate with Dutch telen to breed, cultivate, German zielen to aim at
- a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Furniturea drawer, tray, or the like, as in a cabinet or chest, for keeping valuables.
- Furniturean arrangement of drawers or pigeonholes, as on a desk top.
- 1425–75; late Middle English tylle, noun, nominal use of tylle to draw, Old English -tyllan (in fortyllan to seduce); akin to Latin dolus trick, Greek dólos bait (for fish), any cunning contrivance, treachery
- Geologyglacial drift consisting of an unassorted mixure of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders.
- Geologya stiff clay.
- origin, originally uncertain 1665–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: till /tɪl/ conj , prep - Also (not standard): 'til
short for until
Etymology: Old English til; related to Old Norse til to, Old High German zil goal, aimUSAGE
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 /tɪl/ vb (transitive)- to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops
- another word for plough
Etymology: Old English tilian to try, obtain; related to Old Frisian tilia to obtain, Old Saxon tilōn to obtain, Old High German zilōn to hasten towardsˈtillable adj ˈtiller n till /tɪl/ n - a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register
Etymology: 15th Century tylle, of obscure origin till /tɪl/ n - an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay
Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin |