Till
WordNet

noun


(1)   A strongbox for holding cash
(2)   A treasury for government funds
(3)   Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

verb


(4)   Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
"Till the soil"
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Preposition



  1. Up to.
    • 1582: …that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please. Douay-Rheims bible, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles 2:7
    • 1846:She twirled round and round,/Till she sunk underground, … --Edward Lear The Book of Nonsense
    • 1912: And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried. --Anon. Punky Dunk and the Mouse Pub. P.F. Volland & Co.
  2. As late as.

Conjunction



  1. Up to the time that (something is true).
  2. Before (something is true).

Noun



  1. A cash register
  2. A removable box within a cash drawer containing the money
    Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe
  3. The contents of a cash register or of a cash drawer, 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.

Verb



  1. To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc).
  2. To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
  3. To cultivate soil.

Etymology 4


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

Noun


  1. Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders.
  2. Manure or other material used to fertilize land.
 
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