as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset
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Recent Examples of tilled
Solid manure from feedlots, poultry houses or composting dairy barns is spread and tilled under.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Both cardboard and newspaper will break down during the growing season and can be tilled under with mulch before the next planting season.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
These tools – still carrying the soil from which they were tilled – represent the work of the immigrant farmworkers of all backgrounds who helped build California’s agriculture industry, which continues to feed the nation today.
—Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The wheat fields themselves told their own story—deep brown and newly tilled in autumn, then green in spring, golden in summer.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
The rest was tilled into the ground.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Château de Selle is located inland from the Mediterranean Sea, on limestone hillsides, planted in arid limestone soil––the earth is actually mechanically tilled to crush the rocks; yields from the 345-acre organic (since 2022) estate are low.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Both cardboard and newspaper will break down during the growing season and can be tilled under with mulch before the next planting season.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
These tools – still carrying the soil from which they were tilled – represent the work of the immigrant farmworkers of all backgrounds who helped build California’s agriculture industry, which continues to feed the nation today.
—Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
The wheat fields themselves told their own story—deep brown and newly tilled in autumn, then green in spring, golden in summer.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
The rest was tilled into the ground.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Château de Selle is located inland from the Mediterranean Sea, on limestone hillsides, planted in arid limestone soil––the earth is actually mechanically tilled to crush the rocks; yields from the 345-acre organic (since 2022) estate are low.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilled
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Dozens of vegetable and herb varieties, in addition to strawberries, demonstrate explosive growth when cultivated aeroponically.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Taubel believes some of the supply problems have eased as early cultivator licensees' initial plants have fully grown and are cultivated.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their plumed blooms in pink, red, white, and purple, and their fern-like leaves add visual contrast when planted with hydrangeas.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2026
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Each section with a sprout can be cut into a seed potato and planted.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
2 Apr. 2026
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His family has lived and farmed in the region since the 1920s, and are collectively considered one of the area’s largest landowners.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Generations of sharecroppers farmed the land, called the Franklin Farms megasite, until 2006, when the Franklin family sold it to the state of Louisiana, which then hoped to attract an auto plant.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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The meat harvested from this operation will be donated to the Maryland Food Bank and is estimated to create 40,000 meals.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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All the components of Ursa’s dishes are foraged or harvested in the desert and manipulated in surprising and experimental ways.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Tilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilled. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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