till
/tɪl/ verb C2- 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.
- To cultivate soil.
He/she/it tills · Past tilled · Past participle tilled · -ing form tilling
Verb forms
- Base form
- till
- He/she/it
- tills
- Past
- tilled
- Past participle
- tilled
- -ing form
- tilling
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This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
Of course this politeness was wasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in his room he stood stupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, to wait till morning.
The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
So the big bird flew into the air and over the water till she came to where the Scarecrow was perched upon his pole.
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