till
conjunction
- until
preposition
- up to a point in time
noun
- glacial sediment
verb
- farming practice
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɪl/
conj
Etymology: From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”).
- Until, until the time that.
“Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.”
“I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.”
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda. * As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
- A placename:
“Tweed says to Till: "What gars ye rin sae still ?" Till says to Tweed: "Tho ye rin wi' speed And I rin slaw Whar ye droon ae man,”
- A placename:
- A placename:
- A surname.
“Technically speaking, it’s Lucas Till, the actor playing Tripp, who is far too old to be riding a school bus, not his character in Monster Trucks, who is written as a 16-year-old, maybe 17 tops. But Till does not look 16, nor 17, nor even 18.”
““How to hide, survive and use the urban environment as a sanctuary was a challenge but the soldiers adapted to the real-life challenges,” ETG Commander Col. Toby Till explained.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil).
- A vetch; a tare.
prep
Etymology: From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a contraction of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- (“against; toward; up to”) also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til (“to, till”), Danish til (“to”), Swedish till (“to, till”), Icelandic til (“to, till”). Also related to Old English til (“good”), German Ziel (“goal”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til, “something fitting or suitable”).
- Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
“She stayed till the very end.”
“I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.”
- Before (a certain time or event).
“It's twenty till two. (1:40)”
“Is that the town-clock striking? / I think that it is to-night / My fever will reach its crisis, / There are long hours yet till light.”
- To, up to (physically).
“They led him till his tent”
“She, poor bird, as all forlorn / Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn / And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, / To to hear it was great pity.”
- To, toward (in attitude).
“"Here's at you old hoss!" hiccupped I, with a friendly pitch in the way of a nod at Rice. "Go it, young grampus, that's me! Here's till ye, my infant progidy!" replied he, as he clinked his glass against mine.”
“And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'”
- So that (something may happen).
“1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian.
- To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
- To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”
- To cultivate soil.
- To prepare; to get.
“Nor knowes a trappe nor snare to till”