--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 1049 words of the English dictionary under T, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / T # T — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To usually do something or often be a certain way.[↗](../../tend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I tend to get tired in the afternoon."[↗](../../tend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To look after someone or something.[↗](../../tend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "tend the garden", "tend a wound".[↗](../../tend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I tend to wake up early.[↗](../../tend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats tend to sleep a lot.[↗](../../tend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad tends his vegetable garden every day.[↗](../../tend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse tended the cut on my knee.[↗](../../tend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants tend to grow towards the light.[↗](../../tend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd tended his sheep on the hill.[↗](../../tend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I tend them carefully; I never miss one.[↗](../../tend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended them.[↗](../../tend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../tend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../tend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.[↗](../../tend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.28.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.[↗](../../tend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Tend Thy people with Thy staff, the flock of Thy heritage, that dwell solitarily, as a forest in the midst of the fruitful field; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.[↗](../../tend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.7.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **tendency** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If you have a tendency to do something, you often do it or are likely to do it.[↗](../../tendency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A general direction in which something is changing or moving; a trend.[↗](../../tendency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) «Central tendency»: the middle or typical value of a set of data (mean, median, mode).[↗](../../tendency/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has a tendency to talk too fast when he is nervous.[↗](../../tendency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats have a tendency to sleep a lot.[↗](../../tendency/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices have a tendency to rise every year.[↗](../../tendency/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mean, median and mode are measures of central tendency.[↗](../../tendency/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron has a tendency to rust when it gets wet.[↗](../../tendency/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a tendency for children to eat more sweets at Halloween.[↗](../../tendency/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Evil tendencies are shown in early life.[↗](../../tendency/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tender** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soft and easy to cut or chew (tender meat).[↗](../../tender/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Painful when touched (a tender bruise).[↗](../../tender/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Gentle, kind and loving (a tender smile).[↗](../../tender/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Young and not experienced (at a tender age).[↗](../../tender/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (formal verb) To offer or give something formally (tender your resignation, tender money).[↗](../../tender/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (noun) A formal offer to do a job for a price.[↗](../../tender/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (noun) A small boat that carries people to a bigger ship, or a wagon behind a steam train carrying coal.[↗](../../tender/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* «Legal tender»: money that must be accepted in payment.[↗](../../tender/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Young, soft or delicate; in the first sentence it means a young calf, and in the third it means young, soft grass.[↗](../../tender/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cook the carrots until they are tender.[↗](../../tender/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My knee is still tender where I fell.[↗](../../tender/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave the puppy a tender pat.[↗](../../tender/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He started piano at the tender age of four.[↗](../../tender/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please tender the exact fare.[↗](../../tender/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders put in a tender for the new school.[↗](../../tender/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Coins and notes are legal tender.[↗](../../tender/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a tender from the cruise ship to the shore.[↗](../../tender/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · From the old roots shot forth new tender stems.[↗](../../tender/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.[↗](../../tender/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.[↗](../../tender/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining; (Torah DEU.28.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth; (Writings JOB.33.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; (Writings PSA.103.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.[↗](../../tender/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.145.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tender/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.[↗](../../tender/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.7, JPS 1917) · Oh, how tender and wearied her little feet were\![↗](../../tender/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.[↗](../../tender/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917) **tenderly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tenderly means gently and with love or kindness.[↗](../../tenderly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She kissed the baby tenderly.[↗](../../tenderly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Come, little one," he said tenderly.[↗](../../tenderly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He held the bird tenderly in his hands.[↗](../../tenderly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.[↗](../../tenderly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenderly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **tenderness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tenderness is gentle love and kindness, softness of feeling.[↗](../../tenderness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tenderness can mean soreness of the body when touched.[↗](../../tenderness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She felt great tenderness for her brothers.[↗](../../tenderness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My arm has a tenderness after the fall.[↗](../../tenderness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke to her with tenderness.[↗](../../tenderness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tendon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tendon is a strong, tough band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone.[↗](../../tendon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tendon joins muscle to bone.[↗](../../tendon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Achilles tendon is at the back of your heel.[↗](../../tendon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer hurt a tendon in his knee.[↗](../../tendon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can feel the tendons in your wrist when you move your fingers.[↗](../../tendon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Warming up helps prevent tendon injuries.[↗](../../tendon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tendons are strong but not very stretchy.[↗](../../tendon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the tendon needs rest to heal.[↗](../../tendon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tendril** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tendril is a thin, curly, thread-like part of a climbing plant that wraps around things to help the plant climb, as on peas, grapes and cucumbers.[↗](../../tendril/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tendril can be a thin curl of something that looks like that, such as a tendril of hair or a tendril of smoke.[↗](../../tendril/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pea plant's tendrils curled around the stick.[↗](../../tendril/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grapevines climb using tendrils.[↗](../../tendril/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A tendril of hair escaped from her ponytail.[↗](../../tendril/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tendrils of smoke rose from the campfire.[↗](../../tendril/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a cucumber tendril wrap around the string over a week.[↗](../../tendril/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tendrils of fog crept across the playing field.[↗](../../tendril/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the spooky story, tendrils of ivy covered the old door.[↗](../../tendril/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves.[↗](../../tendril/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils.[↗](../../tendril/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tendril/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose tendrils might turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.[↗](../../tendril/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tendril/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **tenement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tenement is a large old building divided into many flats, especially one that was crowded and often poor, as in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin or New York in the past.[↗](../../tenement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scotland) A tenement is any block of flats several floors high with a shared stair (a close).[↗](../../tenement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tenement can also mean the body that a spirit lives in, an old-fashioned or poetic use.[↗](../../tenement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many families lived in crowded tenements in Victorian Glasgow.[↗](../../tenement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our great-great-grandparents had one room in a tenement.[↗](../../tenement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tenement had a shared toilet on each landing.[↗](../../tenement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran grew up in a tenement flat in Edinburgh.[↗](../../tenement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · New York's tenements were full of new immigrants.[↗](../../tenement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tenement has been turned into smart flats.[↗](../../tenement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Russian peasants have very confused ideas about the local habitation of the disembodied spirit, after its former tenement has been laid in the grave.[↗](../../tenement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tenfold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tenfold means ten times as much or as many: «Sales grew tenfold».[↗](../../tenfold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, tenfold means having ten times the size, or having ten parts: «a tenfold increase».[↗](../../tenfold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The number of visitors grew tenfold: from 50 to 500.[↗](../../tenfold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a tenfold increase in bikes at school.[↗](../../tenfold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His kindness was repaid tenfold.[↗](../../tenfold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The price went up tenfold in ten years.[↗](../../tenfold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Under the microscope, the cell looked tenfold bigger.[↗](../../tenfold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tenfold rise in rain caused floods.[↗](../../tenfold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The grass and the grain began to sprout with tenfold vigor and luxuriance, to make up for the dreary months that had been wasted in barrenness.[↗](../../tenfold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tenner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal) A tenner is ten pounds, ten euros or ten dollars, or a banknote worth ten.[↗](../../tenner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A tenner can also mean the number ten in some games or prizes.[↗](../../tenner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran gave me a tenner for my birthday.[↗](../../tenner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That T-shirt only cost a tenner.[↗](../../tenner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you lend me a tenner till Friday?[↗](../../tenner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I paid with a tenner and got 3 pounds change, so it cost 7 pounds.[↗](../../tenner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two tenners make twenty pounds.[↗](../../tenner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He found a tenner on the pavement.[↗](../../tenner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tennis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tennis is a sport for two or four players who hit a small ball over a net with rackets on a court.[↗](../../tennis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Table tennis is a different game played on a table with small bats and a light ball.[↗](../../tennis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We play tennis in the park after school.[↗](../../tennis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pass me the tennis racket.[↗](../../tennis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis ball bounced over the net.[↗](../../tennis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wimbledon is a famous tennis tournament.[↗](../../tennis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In tennis, «love» means zero.[↗](../../tennis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She hit the ball hard with her tennis racket.[↗](../../tennis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They played doubles tennis, two against two.[↗](../../tennis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother plays table tennis at the club.[↗](../../tennis/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Sire, this morning we were all playing tennis in the court, the prince and this gentleman with the rest, when there broke out some dispute about the game.[↗](../../tennis/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tenon** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A piece of wood cut to stick out so that it fits into a slot, used to join two pieces of wood.[↗](../../tenon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each board had two tenons, joined one to another.[↗](../../tenon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.[↗](../../tenon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.[↗](../../tenon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tenor** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The general meaning or sense of something, or the way it goes.[↗](../../tenor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.'[↗](../../tenor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee.[↗](../../tenor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tenor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **tenrec** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small mammal from Madagascar that often looks like a hedgehog or a shrew; some kinds have spines.[↗](../../tenrec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tenrec looks like a tiny hedgehog.[↗](../../tenrec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tenrecs live only in Madagascar and a little of Africa.[↗](../../tenrec/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The streaked tenrec rattles its spines to talk.[↗](../../tenrec/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tenrec is not a hedgehog, even though it looks like one.[↗](../../tenrec/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some tenrecs swim in streams like little otters.[↗](../../tenrec/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo has a lowland tenrec in the night house.[↗](../../tenrec/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tense** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nervous, worried and unable to relax (I felt tense before the test).[↗](../../tense/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stretched tight; not relaxed (tense muscles).[↗](../../tense/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Making people feel nervous or full of suspense (a tense moment in the film).[↗](../../tense/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To make your muscles tight (tense your arms).[↗](../../tense/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (grammar) Tense: the form of a verb that shows time — past, present or future (I walked, I walk, I will walk).[↗](../../tense/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I always feel tense before a spelling test.[↗](../../tense/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathe slowly and let your tense shoulders relax.[↗](../../tense/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ran» is the past tense of «run».[↗](../../tense/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your story in the past tense.[↗](../../tense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The last minute of the match was very tense.[↗](../../tense/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tense your muscles, then let them go floppy.[↗](../../tense/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat tensed, ready to jump.[↗](../../tense/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The watcher stood beside, staring with his tense face and unwinking, lidless eye.[↗](../../tense/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tension** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tension is a feeling of worry or nervousness, when people are stressed or not getting on.[↗](../../tension/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, tension is the pulling force in a rope, string or wire when it is stretched tight.[↗](../../tension/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tension is tightness, like in a muscle.[↗](../../tension/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In stories, tension is the exciting feeling that something is about to happen.[↗](../../tension/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was tension in the room before the results were read out.[↗](../../tension/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tension in the rope held the boat.[↗](../../tension/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Surface tension lets a pond skater walk on water.[↗](../../tension/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer builds tension with short sentences.[↗](../../tension/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stretching helps to ease tension in your neck.[↗](../../tension/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was some tension between the two teams.[↗](../../tension/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tighten the string to increase the tension.[↗](../../tension/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tent is a shelter made of cloth or nylon, held up by poles and ropes, that you put up when you go camping.[↗](../../tent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A big tent is used for a circus or a party (a marquee).[↗](../../tent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A dwelling made of cloth stretched over poles, where a family lived.[↗](../../tent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each tent holds 4 people.[↗](../../tent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 20 campers need tents.[↗](../../tent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They put up 6 tents.[↗](../../tent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many tents are needed for 18 children?[↗](../../tent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We hammered the tent pegs into the ground.[↗](../../tent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The circus put up a huge striped tent.[↗](../../tent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain pattered on the tent all night.[↗](../../tent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Zip the tent shut to keep out the mosquitoes.[↗](../../tent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well, if your business be not pressing, tarry awhile in my tent."[↗](../../tent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.[↗](../../tent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Go say to them: Return ye to your tents.[↗](../../tent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.5.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.[↗](../../tent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?[↗](../../tent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.[↗](../../tent/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'[↗](../../tent/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tent/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.[↗](../../tent/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917) · He rose and stalked to the tent-door.[↗](../../tent/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Irish Fairy Tales) · And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.[↗](../../tent/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/12/) **13** [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/14/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/12/) - next →: [page 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/14/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)