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tilling

/ˈtɪlɪŋ/

tillingnoun

Translations

labourAction de préparer et de travailler la terre avant les semis.

The farmer spent the entire day engaged in tilling to ensure the soil was ready for planting.

Le fermier a passé toute la journée au labour pour s'assurer que le sol était prêt à être semé.

Definitions

The act of preparing and cultivating land for growing crops.

The farmer spent the entire day engaged in tilling to ensure the soil was ready for planting.

Synonyms

tillinggerund / present participle

/ˈtɪlɪŋ/

Translations

labourantEmploi adjectival rare, en lien avec le travail de la terre.

The tilling equipment was stored in the barn.

Le matériel labourant était rangé dans la grange.

Definitions

Relating to or involved in the preparation of land for crops; engaged in cultivating soil.

The tilling equipment was stored in the barn.

Synonyms

breaking (soil)

turning (soil)

tillverb

tilling

ing-form

tilled

Past Simple

tilled

Past Participle

tilling

ing-form

/tɪl/

Definitions

To prepare and cultivate land for crops.

Farmers till the soil in the spring to get it ready for planting.

Synonyms

till up

tillnoun

Definitions

A cash register or drawer for money in a store, bank, or restaurant.

The cashier opened the till to give the customer their change.

The place in a store, especially a large store, where you pay for your goods.

The company is analysing waiting times at checkouts to calculate how many tills should be open.

A layer of unsorted glacial sediment deposited directly by a glacier.

The geologist studied the till to understand the movement of ancient glaciers.

tillpreposition

Definitions

Up to the time of; until.

We waited till the rain stopped before leaving the house.

As far as.

The path continues till the river.

tillconjunction

Definitions

Used to indicate the time or event up to which something will happen or continue.

We waited till the rain stopped before leaving the house.