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tilling

tilling

2 3.9
Preparing and turning soil so crops can grow
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪlɪŋ/
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  • Spring tilling and planting begin, and spring sports now become a focus of the school and community.
  • tilling of the soil

And So what we're doing here is we're just rough tilling.

Examples

  • That's the one nice thing about tilling the first year of planting, nice fluffy soil.

  • The tilling, fertilizing, planting, watering, covering, weeding, cutting, digging up, and storing required constant and backbreaking work.

    Blog text (4)

  • This tilling of the soil can become compulsive, you know.

    The Birds (1963)

  • You will learn how proper mulching and avoiding tilling will transform a garden.

    Blog text (12)

  • NRCS recommends draining fields in the spring only enough to allow a tractor to drive on them for tilling and planting.

    Academic text (2005)

  • "Tilling, which is basically just stirring the soil, is great for weed control, so you don't need as much pesticide," says Dabney.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The men of the Twea lineage, having free access to land, could cultivate cash crops without paying any loan for permanent occupation and tilling of the soil.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The hardest part of starting a garden is the initial tilling of the soil to prepare it for planting.

  • Careful tilling of the land ensures that crops have enough nutrients and moisture to grow.

  • Before planting vegetables, we did a thorough tilling of the field to mix in compost.

Synonyms

cultivation
vstilling
12 3.8

Preparing land and using it to grow crops, often on a large scale

is broader, covering land preparation and growing crops at any scale
plowing
vstilling
  • US
3 2.4

Breaking and turning soil with a tool to prepare land for planting crops

is the general process of preparing land and growing crops not only this method
tillage
vstilling
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Work on soil to make it ready for planting crops

is the same meaning but used as an alternative word form
rototilling
vstilling
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Breaking and turning garden soil with a powered machine before planting

is broader, including other manual and mechanical soil preparation methods
subsoiling
vstilling
  • Specialized
7.1

A deep digging under the ground that loosens hard layers to help water drain

is the broader use of land preparation that usually includes surface turning

Antonyms

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Intensive

plowing
  • US
3 2.4
tilling
2 3.9

Surface Forms

tilling singular
tillings plural

Morphology

tilling = till (transparent) = till + ing

The noun is a standard -ing nominalization of the verb 'till', directly meaning the action or process of cultivating land.

Etymology

The word tilling comes from the old English verb till, which meant 'to prepare' or 'to cultivate' land. So tilling is the work of getting soil ready for planting, which is why farmers till fields before they sow seeds.