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Definition of Till
Till

A vetch; a tare.

A drawer.

A tray or drawer in a chest.

A money drawer in a shop or store.

A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.

A kind of coarse, obdurate land.

To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.

As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.

To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.

To prepare; to get.

To cultivate land.

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Till Quotations

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Thomas Jefferson

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston Churchill

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Mark Twain

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C. S. Lewis

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
Kahlil Gibran

It ain't over till it's over.
Yogi Berra

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Benjamin Franklin

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
Benjamin Franklin

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Benjamin Franklin

Till Translations

till in Dutch is geldkist, kas, fonds
till in Finnish is kassa
till in Italian is forziere, arare
till in Norwegian is kasse
till in Spanish is hasta, arada


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