to till

Examples

• All

• Wheat, rye, oats, and barley were raised on cleared land that was tilled with wooden, iron-capped, ox-drawn plows.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Since the birth of farming, farmers have been plowing or tilling the soil.

  Academic text (2003)

• Grant me one hour and I will till the soil.

  Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)

• So yeah, save the time, save the effort and, and just till your potatoes.

  MIgardener

• Lots is going to change, but as a rule, anytime we till the soil, we are losing organic matter.

• Take the machete and take away all the old growth and till the soil so new things can grow.

• In warm weather, most of the fields are tilled and planted.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Persons may legitimately lay claim to land they have tilled to feed themselves.

  Academic text (2010)

• Instead, she becomes a plow-woman, tilling the fields with a bullock.

  Academic text (1995)

• The Lord hath surely guided us to this New World so that we may till its fertile soil and plant the seeds of a new life.

  For Your Consideration (2006)

Synonyms

P

to plow

vsto till

• US

44 1.5

To turn over and break up soil before planting

includes that action but adds further steps like harrowing and fertilizing

C

to cultivate

vsto till

38 4.0

To prepare land for growing crops

focuses on specific soil work such as ploughing harrowing and fertilizing

Idioms

T

till death do us part

• Formal

5 7.5

A promise to stay married for the rest of both people's lives

H

to hand in the till

• UK

1 9.0

To steal money from your workplace, for example from a cash register

How Cultivated

to cultivate

38 4.0

to till

11 5.3

to hoe

5 2.1

to rake

28 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology