till
1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together • Syn: boulder clay • Hypernyms: soil, dirt 2. a strongbox for holding cash • Syn: cashbox, money box • Hypernyms: strongbox, deedbox • Hyponyms: cash register, register 3. a treasury for government funds • Syn: public treasury, trough • Hypernyms: treasury, exchequer
work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation - till the soil • Derivationally related forms: tiller, tillage, tilling • Topics: farming, agriculture, husbandry • Hypernyms: work, work on, process • Hyponyms: plow, plough, turn, hoe • Entailment: cultivate, crop, work • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something
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