Meaning

4 senses
  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.

    pflügen, bauen, bebauen

    паха́тьpaxátʹ

  3. (intransitive)To cultivate soil.

  4. (obsolete)To prepare; to get.

More definitions
  • work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

Examples

726 sentences
  1. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme. — Espi

  2. Wait here till he comes back.

    Почекай тут, поки він повернеться. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока он не вернётся. — marafon

    deWarte hier, bis er zurückkommt. — MUIRIEL

  3. Why don't you wait till morning?

    Чому б тобі не зачекати до ранку? — deniko

    ruПочему бы тебе не подождать до утра? — marafon

    deWarum wartest du nicht bis zum Morgen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. It's a half hour till lunch.

    До обіду пів години. — Ahha

    ruДо обеда полчаса. — odexed

  5. I can't wait till next week.

    Я не можу чекати до наступного тижня. — rmdas

    ruЯ не могу ждать до следующей недели. — marafon

    deBis nächste Woche kann ich nicht warten. — raggione

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to work or cultivate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to work or cultivate:

Origin

From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian.

From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian.

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Forms

tills, tilling, tilled, tilled
Base formtill · to till
3rd person singulartills
Present participletilling
Past simpletilled
Past participletilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytill
he, she, ittills

Past simpleLesson

all personstilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tilled
he, she, ithas tilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill till

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wait till
  • let's wait till
  • wait here till
  • till tomorrow
  • stay here till
  • from morning till
  • morning till night
  • till next monday
  • stayed up till
  • to wait till
  • wait till tomorrow
  • till next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
till — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto