tilled

SayTILD/tɪld/

2 meanings of tilled

1
adjective
Broken up and made ready for planting crops.
Like a garden bed that has been dug up and made soft before you put in the seeds.
The freshly tilled field was ready for the spring planting.
Rows of tilled earth stretched all the way to the fence.
Similarplowed, cultivated, worked
Oppositeuntilled, uncultivated, unplowed, virgin
2
verb
Simple past and past participle of till. Use this form for something that already happened.
The farmer tilled the soil before sowing the wheat.
They tilled the garden together last spring.
Note

tilled is a form of till

till, verb: To dig and turn over soil to get it ready for planting. Full entry

Forms: tilltills he/she/ittilling -ing formtilled past tense, past participle
Spelling: till → tilled: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /d/.

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