tilling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
  2. verb work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

Etymology

From Middle English tillynge, tiliyng, tilyenge, tylynge, from Old English tiliende, tilġende, equivalent to till + -ing.

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