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til

[ til, teel ]

/ tɪl, til /

noun

the sesame plant.

Also teel.

Origin of til

Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40

Words nearby til

tikka, tikkiny, tikoloshe, tikrit, tiktaalik, til, tilak, tilapia, tilburg, tilbury, tilde

Definition for til (2 of 2)

'til

[ til ]

/ tɪl /

preposition, conjunction

till; until.

Origin of 'til

aphetic variant of until

usage note for 'til

See till¹.

Example sentences from the Web for til

Whether you eat it or drink it, don’t stop ‘til you get enough.

10 Ways to Stay Hydrated (That Aren’t Water) |DailyBurn |July 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Guess we’ll all just have to wait ‘til June 2015 to find out.

‘Orange Is the New Black’: Inside the Wild S2 Finale and What’s Next for Season 3 |Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern |July 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“I’ve been very good at staying up ‘til 5am myself in the past,” she says, laughing.

Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’ |Melissa Leon |June 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He said, “Don’t let it all go now, just hold back ‘til we cover you.”

Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’ |Melissa Leon |June 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part.’

The Best of the Beast, May 5-12 |The Daily Beast |May 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I worked for dem' til I wuz thirty-two years old an' give dem what money I earned.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States |Various
"Don't you fret, Til," said Aileen, who did not understand entirely.

The Four Million |O. Henry
Til, the country linseed, is good for this purpose in high lying soils.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom |P. L. Simmonds
I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o' sayin his say til her.'

Heather and Snow |George MacDonald
Octyl, ok′til, n. a hypothetical organic radical, known only in combination—also Capryl.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various

British Dictionary definitions for til

til

/ (tɪl, tiːl) /

noun

another name for sesame, esp a variety grown in India

Word Origin for til

C19: from Hindi, from Sanskrit tilá sesame