till

Definition

  • n. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
  • v. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

Word forms

Present participle
tilling
Past tense
tilled
Past participle
tilled
Third person singular
tills

Example sentences

  1. prep.

    We will wait here till the rain stops.

  2. conj.

    You can stay here till I come back.

  3. vt.

    Farmers till the land to prepare for planting.

  4. n.

    She opened the cash till to give the customer change.