till
preposition
[ tɪl ]
• up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until.
• "I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30"
Similar:
until,
up to,
up till,
up until,
as late as,
up to the time of/that,
until such time as,
pending,
through,
before,
prior to,
previous to,
earlier than,
in advance of,
ante-,
pre-,
till
conjunction
• up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until.
• "he did not enter the town till it was nearly dark"
Similar:
until,
up to,
up till,
up until,
up to the time of/that,
until such time as,
Origin:
Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to till3.
till
noun
• a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant.
• "there were queues at the till"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin.
till
verb
• prepare and cultivate (land) for crops.
• "no land was being tilled or crops sown"
Similar:
cultivate,
work,
farm,
plough,
dig,
spade,
turn over,
turn up,
break up,
loosen,
harrow,
prepare,
fertilize,
plant,
delve,
Origin:
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.
till
noun
• boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.
Origin:
late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin.
