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verb (used with object)
1.
to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate.
2.
to plow.
verb (used without object)
3.
to cultivate the soil.
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Tilling
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English tilen, Old English tilian to strive after, get, till; cognate with Dutch telen to breed, cultivate, German zielen to aim at
before 900; Middle English tilen, Old English tilian to strive after, get, till; cognate with Dutch telen to breed, cultivate, German zielen to aim at
Related forms
mis·tilled, adjective
un·tilled, adjective
un·till·ing, adjective
well-tilled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
till
"cashbox," 1452, from Anglo-Fr. tylle "compartment," O.Fr. tille "compartment, shelter on a ship," probably from O.N. þilja "plank, floorboard," from P.Gmc. *theljon. The other theory is that the word is from M.E. tillen "to draw," from O.E. -tyllan (see toll (v.)),
EXPAND with a sense evolution as in drawer (see draw).
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Science Dictionary
till  (tĭl) Pronunciation Key
An unstratified, unconsolidated mass of boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud deposited by the movement or melting of a glacier. The size and shape of the sediments that constitute till vary widely. |
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