Tilling - English meaning

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

verb

Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.

Usage examples:

The peasants who cultivated the land became its owners

verb

To prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop

Usage examples:

He cultivated soybeans on most of the land., we’re trying to help these kids cultivate an interest …

verb

To prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop

Usage examples:

Corn, or maize, is indigenous to mexico and has been cultivated there for some 6,000 years., she ha…

verb

Reach inside a receptacle and search for something.

Usage examples:

She delved in her pocket

verb

To search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information

Usage examples:

She delved into her pocket to find some change.

verb

To reach into something or under the surface of something trying find an object

Usage examples:

Delve into she delved into her pocket to find some change., delve for i grabbed my bag and delved f…

verb

Break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.

Usage examples:

The boar had been digging for roots

noun

An act or spell of digging.

Usage examples:

A thorough dig of the whole plot

verb

Turn up, loosen, or remove earth

noun

An area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals.

Usage examples:

A farm of 100 acres

verb

Make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock.

Usage examples:

He has farmed organically for years

noun

An area of land, esp. together with a house and other buildings, used for growing crops or keeping animals

Usage examples:

A cattle/mink farm, [ i/t ] their family has farmed (this land) for three generations.

verb

Cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material.

Usage examples:

Biologists knew from studies on a wide range of animals that males compete with other males to fert…

verb

To spread a natural or chemical substance on land in order to make plants grow well

Usage examples:

You have to fertilize your garden.

noun

An implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines which is dragged over ploughed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed.

Usage examples:

German farmers used spike-tooth harrows extensively to control weeds in small grains fields before …

verb

Draw a harrow over (land).

Usage examples:

They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay

noun

A large piece of equipment that is pulled behind a tractor (= a farm vehicle) to break the earth into small pieces ready for planting

Usage examples:

Roughly ploughed and harrowed land, the ploughman harrows and sows, and then waits for the harvest.

verb

Make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place) less tight or firm.

Usage examples:

Loosen your collar and tie

verb

To become or make something less firmly fixed

Usage examples:

[ i ] the screws holding the light fixture have loosened, and it’s dangling from the ceiling., [ t …

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

noun

A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.

Usage examples:

The strip shape of these plots suggests that they were ploughed with a heavy plough with a fixed mo…

verb

Turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing.

Usage examples:

Uncle vic ploughed his garden

noun

A large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted

Usage examples:

These fields have been under the plough for centuries., farmers start ploughing in the spring., we'…

verb

Make (something) ready for use or consideration.

Usage examples:

Prepare a brief summary of the article

verb

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance

verb

To make or get something or someone ready for something that will happen in the future

Usage examples:

[ t ] keane is preparing a film version of the play., [ i ] the southeast prepared for the worst as…

noun

A tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.

Usage examples:

What may be a surprise is that the bottom of your foot hurts, bruised from stepping on the hard met…

verb

Dig over (ground) with a spade.

Usage examples:

While spading the soil, i think of the flowers

noun

One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk.

Usage examples:

Because of the difference in score, clubs and diamonds are called the minor suits and hearts and sp…

phrasal verb

Be found, especially by chance, after being lost.

Usage examples:

All the missing documents had turned up

phrasal verb

Put in an appearance; arrive.

Usage examples:

Half the guests failed to turn up

phrasal verb

Increase the volume or strength of sound, heat, etc. by turning a knob or switch on a device.

Usage examples:

She turned the sound up

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork