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tilling¹

Where it comes from

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

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of till

tilling²

Where it comes from

From Middle English tyllynge, tiling, tilinge, telynge, from Old English tilung, teolung, equivalent to till + -ing.

noun tillings

  1. The act of one who tills. The farmer's field requires regular tillings.

TILLING³

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of targeting induced local lesions in genomes, a method that allows directed identification of mutations in a specific gene.

Tilling⁴

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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"tilling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tilling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tilling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tilling

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"tilling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tilling.

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@misc{tilling_2026,
  title = {tilling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tilling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}