| till | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. boulder clay, till | unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together. |
| ~ dirt, soil | the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. |
| n. (possession) | 2. public treasury, till, trough | a treasury for government funds. |
| ~ exchequer, treasury | the funds of a government or institution or individual. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cashbox, money box, till | a strongbox for holding cash. |
| ~ cash register, register | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill. |
| ~ deedbox, strongbox | a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked. |
| v. (creation) | 4. till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ plow, plough, turn | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow.; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" |
| ~ hoe | dig with a hoe.; "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
| toil | | |
| n. (act) | 1. labor, labour, toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| ~ roping | capturing cattle or horses with a lasso. |
| ~ work | activity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work" |
| ~ corvee | unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes. |
| ~ donkeywork, drudgery, plodding, grind | hard monotonous routine work. |
| ~ elbow grease, exertion, effort, travail, sweat | use of physical or mental energy; hard work.; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" |
| ~ hunting, hunt | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts. |
| ~ hackwork | professional work done according to formula. |
| ~ haymaking | cutting grass and curing it to make hay. |
| ~ manual labor, manual labour | labor done with the hands. |
| ~ overwork, overworking | the act of working too much or too long.; "he became ill from overwork" |
| ~ slavery | work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay. |
| v. (social) | 2. dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail | work hard.; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
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