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till° v. plough or US also plow, cultivate, farm, work, dig, hoe,
harrow, manure, Literary delve: My family has tilled this land
for seven generations.
tillý n. money or cash-drawer, cash-box or register: He insists that
the money was in the till when he left last night.
tilt v. 1 lean, slant, incline, slope, angle, tip, heel over, pitch,
list, cant: She caught the lamp just as the table tilted. 2
tilt at. joust with, compete with, battle against, contend with,
spar with, cross swords with, attack: In tilting at the media,
he has chosen some formidable opponents.
--n. 3 lean, slant, incline, slope, angle, tip, heel, list,
pitch, cant, inclination: The wall is at a perilous tilt and
could easily fall. 4 joust, tourney, tournament, meeting,
tilting, engagement, encounter, match, contest, test, trial,
fight, combat; dispute, argument, difference, quarrel,
altercation, squabble, tiff, US spat, Colloq set-to: I have
enjoyed the various tilts I have had with the editor over the
years.
timber n. 1 trees, forest, woodland: The standing timber has been
seriously depleted in Brazil. 2 wood, beams, boards, planks, US
and Canadian lumber: The timber for our new house arrived
today. 3 material, potential, stuff, character, quality,
talent, prospect: Agatha seems to be good management timber.
timbre n. tone (colour or quality), tonality, colour, resonance:
Kurt's voice has a rich, full timbre.
time n. 1 period, interval, stretch, spell, patch: I was going
through a bad time when we last met. 2 period, interval,
stretch, while, span, space, term, duration: It is a long time
since I have seen you. In the time I took to write this, she had
vanished. 3 hour; point, moment: What time is it? At what time
is our appointment? 4 age, period, epoch, era, lifetime,
heyday, day(s): The novel is set in the time of the Caesars. 5
opportunity, chance, occasion: You must make time to visit your
mother. 6 experience: I had a wonderful time at your party. 7
tempo, beat, rhythm, metre, measure: They are playing 'Teddy
Bears' Picnic' in march time. 8 ease, leisure; convenience:
He'll be there in his own time. 9 Often, times. life, things,