Till+the+soil

  • 11till-less agriculture — ▪ agriculture also called  No till Agriculture,         cultivation technique in which the soil is disturbed only along the slit or in the hole into which the seeds are planted; reserved detritus from previous crops covers and protects the… …

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  • 12Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …

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  • 13Soil biodiversity — This discussion looks at the relationship of the soil to biodiversity, at some aspects of the soil that can be managed in relation to biodiversity, and raises some catchment management considerations.oil and biodiversityBiodiversity is “the… …

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  • 14soil — n. 1) to cultivate, till, work the soil 2) to fertilize; irrigate the soil 3) barren, poor; fertile; firm; packed; sandy; soggy; swampy soil * * * [sɔɪl] fertile firm irrigate the soil packed poor sandy …

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  • 15till — till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to:… …

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  • 16soil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 earth ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ shallow, thin ▪ fertile, good, rich ▪ infertile …

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  • 17till — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑cash register ADJECTIVE ▪ computerized, electronic TILL + VERB ▪ ring ▪ a sales idea that has set tills ringing all over the country …

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  • 18till — I [[t]tɪl[/t]] prep. 1) up to the time of; until: to fight till death[/ex] 2) before (used in negative constructions): They didn t come till today[/ex] 3) cvb dial. before; to: My watch says ten till four[/ex] 4) scot. Chiefly Scot. to 5) fun… …

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  • 19till — English has three distinct words till, but two of them are probably related. The etymological notion underlying till ‘cultivate the soil’ [OE] is of ‘striving to obtain a goal’. Indeed, that is what its Old English ancestor tilian originally… …

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  • 20till — English has three distinct words till, but two of them are probably related. The etymological notion underlying till ‘cultivate the soil’ [OE] is of ‘striving to obtain a goal’. Indeed, that is what its Old English ancestor tilian originally… …

    Word origins