till

Meaning

Prep

1. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
2. Before (a certain time or event).
3. (dialectal, obsolete) To, up to (physically).
4. (dialectal, obsolete) To, toward (in attitude).
5. (dialectal) So that (something may happen).

Conj

Until, until the time that.

Noun

1. (British) A cash register.
2. A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
3. The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
4. A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
5. (obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.

Verb

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

Noun

1. glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
2. (dialectal) manure or other material used to fertilize land

Noun

A vetch; a tare.

Synonyms

until

cultivate

plough

up to

plow

cash register

before

as far as

to

money box

dig

cashbox

boulder clay

til

farm

as long as

plant

🌱

trough

moraine

dress

👗

poke

purse

👛

grow

handbag

👜

jab

by

shove

checkout counter

spade

turn over

when

while

work

cash box

public treasury

gibe

motor

mould

nourish

nurture

on condition that

only when

pending

rabbet

revise

rewrite

safe

scarify

work the land

through

Translations

bis

tot

hasta

labourer

cultivar

totdat

fino a

kas

dissodare

Kasse

jusqu’à

até

cultiver

caisse

📦

arare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: til

Inherited from Old English: til

Cognate with Old Frisian: til

Cognate with Danish: til

Cognate with Swedish: till

Cognate with Icelandic: til

Cognate with Old English: til

Cognate with German: Ziel

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌻

Inherited from Middle English: tylle

Cognate with Middle English: tollen

Cognate with Albanian: ndjell

Cognate with Middle English: tylle

Inherited from Middle English: tilyen

Inherited from Old English: tilian

Cognate with English: lentil

In summary

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”).