till

Definitions


[tɪl], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until
(e.g: I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to till


[tɪl], (Conjunction)

Definitions:
- up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until
(e.g: he did not enter the town till it was nearly dark)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to till


[tɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant
(e.g: there were queues at the till)


Phrases:
- with one's hand in the till

Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin


[tɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prepare and cultivate (land) for crops
(e.g: no land was being tilled or crops sown)


Phrases:

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 till. The current sense dates from Middle English


[tɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets
(e.g: the soil is mainly glacial till and therefore stony)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin




definition by Oxford Dictionaries