hoe vs till

hoe

verb
  • To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe. 

  • To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. 

noun
  • A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory. 

  • An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. 

  • The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias. 

till

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

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

  • To cultivate soil. 

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. 

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

  • To make it possible that. 

conj
  • Until, until the time that. 

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