NOUN | act | tilling | cultivation of the land in order to raise crops |
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Sounds | tih'lihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | cultivation of the land in order to raise crops. | |
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Part of | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
Narrower | plowing, ploughing | tilling the land with a plow |
Broader | cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) |
Verbs | till | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
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