fill vs till

fill

verb
  • To become pervaded with something. 

  • To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it. 

  • To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement). 

  • To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. 

  • To become full. 

  • To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy. 

  • To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails. 

  • To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. 

  • To enter (something), making it full. 

  • To occupy fully, to take up all of. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with (a female). 

noun
  • An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. 

  • Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil. 

  • An amount that fills a container. 

  • A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody. 

  • The filling of a container or area. 

  • A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. 

  • Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction. 

  • bass fill 

  • One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. 

till

verb
  • To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). 

  • To cultivate soil. 

  • To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops. 

noun
  • A vetch; a tare. 

  • A cash register. 

  • glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders 

  • manure or other material used to fertilize land 

  • A removable box within a cash register containing the money. 

  • The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift. 

conj
  • Until, until the time that. 

prep
  • Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). 

  • To make it possible that. 

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