[til] 
| 1. | up to the time of; until: to fight till death. |
| 2. | before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. |
| 3. | near or at a specified time: till evening. |
| 4. | Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to: It's ten till four on my watch. |
| 5. | Scot. and North England.
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| 6. | to the time that or when; until. |
| 7. | before (used in negative constructions). |
[til] ,| 1. | to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate. |
| 2. | to plow. |
| 3. | to cultivate the soil. |
[til] ,| 1. | a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept. |
| 2. | a drawer, tray, or the like, as in a cabinet or chest, for keeping valuables. |
| 3. | an arrangement of drawers or pigeonholes, as on a desk top. |
[til] ,| 1. | Geology. glacial drift consisting of an unassorted mixture of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders. |
| 2. | a stiff clay. |
| till 1 (tĭl) 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.] till'a·ble adj. |
| till 2 (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. |
| till 3 (tĭl) n.
[Middle English tille.] |
| till 4 (tĭl) n. Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. [Origin unknown.] |
till
In addition to the subsequent idioms beginning with till, also see hand in the till; until.
