till

/tɪl/ verb C2

To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). (transitive)
To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. (transitive)
To cultivate soil. (intransitive)

He/she/it tills · Past tilled · Past participle tilled · -ing form tilling

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Verb forms

Base form: till
He/she/it: tills
Past: tilled
Past participle: tilled
-ing form: tilling

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To go a-sailing on till tea.

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1

Till morning in the land of Nod.

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 5 · C1

I know that, till to-morrow I shall see the sun arise,

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1

But slumber holds me tightly till I waken in the dawn,

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1

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