Raise vs Till - What's the difference?
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(label) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
# To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
#* Bible, (w) xxxix. 3
# To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
# (label) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
# (label) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
# (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
(label) To create, increase or develop.
# To collect.
# To bring up; to grow; to promote.
# To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
# (label) To create; to constitute (a use , or a beneficial interest in property).
# (label) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
#* Bible, (w) xviii. 18.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
(label) To exponentiate, to involute.
To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
(poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
To.
*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.vii:
*:Than the knyghtes parters of the lystis toke up Sir Madore and led hym tylle hys tente.
*1854 , Prof. John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Burns ,
*:Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.
Until, up to, as late as (a given time).
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until, until the time that
* 1582 , 2:7:
* 1846 , Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense :
* 1912 , anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse , P.F. Volland & Co.:
A cash register
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
(obsolete) A tray or drawer in a chest.
to develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc)
to work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops
* Bible, Genesis iii. 23
to cultivate soil
(obsolete) To prepare; to get.
glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
(dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
Raise is a related term of till.
As a verb raise
is (label) to cause to rise; to lift or elevate.As a noun raise
is (us) an increase in wages or salary; a rise (uk).As a proper noun till is
.raise
English
Verb
(rais)- I will raise forts against thee.
- I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
- God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
Synonyms
* liftDerived terms
* raise Cain * raise fire * raise one's eyebrows * raise someone's consciousness * raise the alarm * raise the roof * raised by wolves * raised in a barnNoun
(en noun)- The boss gave me a raise .
Derived terms
* lateral raise * leg raiseAnagrams
*till
English
Preposition
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Synonyms
* (until) til, 'til, untilConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
- that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please.
- She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground,
- And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.
Synonyms
* (until) 'til, untilEtymology 2
From (etyl) tillen'' "to draw" from (etyl) ''-tyllan'' (as in ''betyllan'' "to lure, decoy," and ''fortyllan'' "draw away;" related to ''tollian ). Cognate with Albanian . Or alternatively from (etyl) tylle'' "compartment" from (etyl) ''tille'' "compartment, shelter on a ship" from (etyl) '' "plank."Noun
(en noun)- Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
- My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
Etymology 3
(etyl) tilianVerb
(en verb)- The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.