till1, prep. 1. until, up to the time of, up to, to, down to; before, sooner than, earlier than, prior to, previous to. -conj. 2. up to the time when, until; before.
till2, v. cultivate, dress, farm, work, work the land, labor; harrow, weed, delve, dibble; plow, hoe, dig, scrape, spade, rake; sow, plant, seed; fertilize, manure, compost.
till1, n. drawer, compartment, container, receptacle, repository, bin; coffer, box, cashbox, strongbox, safe; cash register, register; treasury, Eccles. bursary, thesaurus, depository; kitty, petty cash,
tillable, adj. arable, plowable, farmable, cultivable, cultivatable; fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, fecund.
tillage, n. farming, husbandry, agriculture, geo-ponics, agronomics, agronomy; cultivation, gardening; plowing, harrowing.
tiller1, n. farmer, granger, husbandman, Brit, yeoman, plowman, plower; agriculturist, agronomist; cultivator, gardener.
tiller2, n. shoot, sprout, Bot. sucker; sapling, seedling.
tilt1, v. 1. lean, tip, list, cant, heel, Naut. careen, lurch; slope, slant, oblique, fall obliquely, skew, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink.
2. Usu.
tilt at rush at, charge; oppose, contest, contend; joust, tourney, break a lance with, run a tilt or a tilt at.
-n. 3. slope, inclination, slant, bevel, pitch, grade, gradient, angle, skew, cant; ramp, inclined plane, bank, hillside, hill, mount, acclivity, ascent, rise; declivity, downward slope or slant, Scot. and North Eng. brae, decline, declension, descent, downgrade; drop, fall, dip, sag.
4. joust, tournament, tourney; contest, encounter, engagement, match, meeting; test, trial; scrimmage, skirmish.
5. dispute, quarrel; squabble, spat, tiff. See - tiff (def. 1).
tilt2, n. awning, canopy, Archit. baldachin, marquee; covering, cover, tent,
timber, n. 1. wood, lumber; kindling, firewood.
2. spar, beam, pole, mast.
-interj. 3. look out, look out below, heads up, watch out or it, gardyloo, duck,
timbre, n. 1. Acoustics, Phonetics, voice quality, voice, tone of voice, tone; frequency, resonance.
2. Music, tone color, tone quality, tonality, quality of sound, color, coloring, clang color or tint, Ger. Klangfarbe; ring, clang, resonance,
time, n. 1. chronology; duration.
2. point, juncture, moment, instant, hour, day; period, spell, span, stretch, while, tide, term, tenure; interval, interim, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interlude, pause, break, hiatus; turn, shift, watch; tour, tour of duy, enlistment, Inf. hitch.
3. Often
times era, epoch, age, date, season.
4. ease, leisure, leisure time, convenience; freedom, free time, spare time, odd moments.
5. chance, opportunity, opening, occasion; good chance, fair field, good time, high time, golden opportunity.
6. tempo, beat, rhythm; measure, meter.
7. ahead of time early, Inf. bright and early, Scot. timeous; beforetime, beforehand; in good time, with