till
Meaning of till
- up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until.
I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30
she did not publish her first novel till 1915
it won't be long now till our wedding day
- up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until.
he did not enter the town till it was nearly dark
Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to till3.
noun- a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant.
there were queues at the till
checkout tills
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin.
verb- prepare and cultivate (land) for crops.
no land was being tilled or crops sown
Old English tilian ‘strive for, obtain by effort’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch telen ‘produce, cultivate’ and German zielen ‘aim, strive’, also ultimately to till1. The current sense dates from Middle English.
noun
boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.
late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin.
Information about till
- The plural form of till is: tills.
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Hyphenation of till
till
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- till is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
till synonyms
Meaning public treasury:
Meaning cashbox:
Meaning up to (the point in time or the event mentioned):
Meaning until (something) happens:
Meaning moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location):
Meaning during the period of time preceding (a particular event or time):
Meaning a small lockable box, typically made of metal, in which valuables may be kept:
Meaning a point at which goods are paid for in a supermarket or similar store:
Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:
Meaning prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening:
Meaning cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry):
Meaning use (land) for growing crops and rearing animals:
Meaning turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing:
Meaning break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc:
Meaning dig over (ground) with a spade:
Meaning make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place) less tight or firm:
Meaning draw a harrow over (land):
Meaning make (something) ready for use or consideration:
Meaning cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material:
Meaning put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow:
Meaning reach inside a receptacle and search for something:
till antonyms
Meaning at or to the further side of:
Meaning in the time following (an event or another period of time):
Anagrams of till
Words that rhyme with till
Till, subtill, retill, theretill, wheretill, intill, poyntill, untill, rototill, uptill, Hartill, entortill, intertill, overtill, Estill, Hopestill, Still, bestill, distill, exstill, finestill, instill, preinstill, redistill, reinstill, semistill, standstill, still, stockstill, unstill, battill, extill