Till
A given name
Till functions as a preposition and conjunction meaning up to a particular time, identical in meaning to until but slightly less formal.
We waited till midnight.
Don't leave till I get back.
As a verb, till means to prepare land for growing crops by plowing or turning the soil.
A till is also the cash drawer in a store or the compartment where money is kept.
In geology, till refers to unstratified sediment deposited by glaciers.
Tool for turning soil
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- soilGround matter for planting
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
harrow · prepare · earth · garden · field · spade · dig · aerate
Place for safekeeping
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- boulderLarge weathered stone
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
drift · gravel · debris · glacier · ice age · outwash · unsorted · erosion
plow
Tool for turning soil
furrow · harrow · prepare · earth · garden · field · spade · dig · aerate · weed
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- boulderLarge weathered stone
clay · drift · gravel · debris · glacier · ice age · outwash · unsorted · erosion · Pleistocene
cash
Ready spending funds
receipt · cashier · coins · bills · transaction · change · register · POS · retail · shop
until
Up to when
await · pending · meanwhile · preceding · yet · eventually · moment · point · duration · span
- Tweed Tributaries
- Scottish BordersMelrose, Kelso, Lauder, woolen mills, textile mills
- till death do us partMatrimonial permanence oath
- till we meet again
- till the cows come homeFor an extremely long time
- till deathUntil life ends
- till the end of timeFor all eternity
- till death us do partWedding oath of permanence