--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 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/2/) [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 2 [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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people.[↗](../../tact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tact is quick cleverness in dealing with a person or a difficult job.[↗](../../tact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She showed tact when she told him the bad news.[↗](../../tact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He used tact to calm the angry neighbour.[↗](../../tact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With his usual tact, he persuaded the hero to come back.[↗](../../tact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tactful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tactful person is careful to say and do things in a way that does not upset or hurt others.[↗](../../tactful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tactful remark or action is kind and careful about other people's feelings.[↗](../../tactful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was tactful of you not to mention her haircut.[↗](../../tactful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gave tactful advice about the story.[↗](../../tactful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was too tactful to laugh at Toad.[↗](../../tactful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to be tactful when you tell him he lost.[↗](../../tactful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a tactful excuse and left.[↗](../../tactful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tactful friend knows when to stay quiet.[↗](../../tactful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tactic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A planned action or method used to get a result.[↗](../../tactic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (tactics) The way players or soldiers are arranged and moved to win a game or a battle.[↗](../../tactic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our coach explained the tactics for the match.[↗](../../tactic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crying was his tactic to get sweets.[↗](../../tactic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's try a different tactic.[↗](../../tactic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The general used clever tactics to win the battle.[↗](../../tactic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Working backwards is a good tactic for some maths problems.[↗](../../tactic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scare tactics are used to frighten people into doing things.[↗](../../tactic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The team changed tactics in the second half.[↗](../../tactic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To what extent Hook is to blame for his tactics on this occasion is for the historian to decide.[↗](../../tactic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tactical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the plans and moves used to win a game, battle or contest.[↗](../../tactical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done carefully to get an advantage later: a tactical decision.[↗](../../tactical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bringing on a fast player was a tactical change.[↗](../../tactical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a tactical move to trap my queen.[↗](../../tactical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The army made a tactical retreat.[↗](../../tactical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitting near the door was a tactical choice — first out for lunch\![↗](../../tactical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach gave a tactical talk at half-time.[↗](../../tactical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tactical foul stops a quick attack.[↗](../../tactical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tactile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tactile means about the sense of touch, or able to be felt by touching: tactile paving, a tactile map.[↗](../../tactile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tactile thing is nice to touch.[↗](../../tactile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The soft clay is very tactile."[↗](../../tactile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tactile person likes to touch others a lot, for example hugging or patting people.[↗](../../tactile/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Braille is a tactile way of reading.[↗](../../tactile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bumpy tactile paving shows blind people where the crossing is.[↗](../../tactile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies explore the world in a very tactile way.[↗](../../tactile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This book has tactile pages with fur and sandpaper.[↗](../../tactile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is very tactile and always hugs everyone.[↗](../../tactile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a tactile display you are allowed to touch.[↗](../../tactile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children are tactile learners who learn best by handling things.[↗](../../tactile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A small amount; a little: «a tad of milk».[↗](../../tad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «a tad» + adjective or adverb means «slightly, a little»: «a tad cold».[↗](../../tad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, US) A small child, especially a boy.[↗](../../tad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soup is a tad salty.[↗](../../tad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Could you turn the music down a tad?[↗](../../tad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a tad nervous about the test.[↗](../../tad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «A tad late» said the teacher, when we were twenty minutes late.[↗](../../tad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pass me a tad more sugar, please.[↗](../../tad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The jacket is a tad big, but you'll grow into it.[↗](../../tad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tadpole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tadpole is a young frog or toad that has just hatched from an egg; it lives in water, has a tail and breathes with gills.[↗](../../tadpole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, a tadpole can mean a very small child.[↗](../../tadpole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw tadpoles swimming in the pond.[↗](../../tadpole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A tadpole turns into a frog.[↗](../../tadpole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles breathe with gills.[↗](../../tadpole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpole grew back legs first.[↗](../../tadpole/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogspawn hatches into tadpoles.[↗](../../tadpole/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We kept tadpoles in a tank at school and let them go as frogs.[↗](../../tadpole/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles eat tiny plants in the water.[↗](../../tadpole/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpole's tail slowly disappeared.[↗](../../tadpole/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles.[↗](../../tadpole/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **taekwondo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taekwondo is a martial art and sport from Korea, famous for high, fast kicks and jumping and spinning kicks.[↗](../../taekwondo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an Olympic sport.[↗](../../taekwondo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I go to taekwondo on Tuesdays.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister got her yellow belt in taekwondo.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Taekwondo is famous for its spinning kicks.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In taekwondo we bow to show respect.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Taekwondo became an Olympic sport in 2000.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We wear head guards when we spar in taekwondo.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The taekwondo master broke a board with one kick.[↗](../../taekwondo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taffy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, Canada) A soft, chewy sweet made by boiling sugar or molasses and pulling it until it is shiny and stretchy; salt-water taffy is a famous kind.[↗](../../taffy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, old) Another word for toffee in some places.[↗](../../taffy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Taffy is the little girl in two of Kipling's Just So Stories, «How the First Letter Was Written» and «How the Alphabet Was Made»; her full name is Taffimai Metallumai, which she says means «Small-person-without-any-manners-who-ought-to-be-spanked».[↗](../../taffy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, old, rude) An old nickname for a Welsh person; many Welsh people find it insulting, so do not use it.[↗](../../taffy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a bag of salt-water taffy on the boardwalk.[↗](../../taffy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The taffy stuck to my teeth.[↗](../../taffy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma showed us how to pull taffy until it went pale and shiny.[↗](../../taffy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Taffy drew a picture on birch bark to send a message to her mother.[↗](../../taffy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Taffy and her daddy Tegumai made the first letters together.[↗](../../taffy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Taffy was not very good at sitting still and being quiet.[↗](../../taffy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, nobody could read Taffy's picture properly, so there was a big muddle.[↗](../../taffy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Still the turtle-dove cried: “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o.”[↗](../../taffy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tag is a small label tied or stuck on something, like a price tag or a name tag.[↗](../../tag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tag is a running game where one player chases and touches the others.[↗](../../tag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tag is to touch someone in the game, or to put a label on something.[↗](../../tag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tag along is to go with others.[↗](../../tag/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The price tag says 15 dollars.[↗](../../tag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each shirt has a tag.[↗](../../tag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She put 20 name tags on the desk.[↗](../../tag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They played tag for 30 minutes.[↗](../../tag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tag, you're it\![↗](../../tag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I tag along to the shops?[↗](../../tag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog wears a tag with its name.[↗](../../tag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the tag off your new shirt.[↗](../../tag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientists put tags on the birds to follow them.[↗](../../tag/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask before you tag a friend in a photo.[↗](../../tag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **tagged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tagged means caught by being touched in the game of tag (tig, it).[↗](../../tagged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tagged means having a label or tag fixed to it («The bag was tagged with a name»).[↗](../../tagged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tagged means marked online with a name or label so that someone is linked to a photo or post.[↗](../../tagged/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Tagged along means went with someone, often without being invited.[↗](../../tagged/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Tagged animals have a small device or label attached so scientists can track them.[↗](../../tagged/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was tagged first, so I was «it».[↗](../../tagged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother tagged along to the park.[↗](../../tagged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone tagged me in a photo without asking.[↗](../../tagged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask before you tag your friends online.[↗](../../tagged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists tagged the shark to follow its journey.[↗](../../tagged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · All the lost property is tagged with names.[↗](../../tagged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The coat was tagged with a price of 30 dollars.[↗](../../tagged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She tagged three people before the bell rang.[↗](../../tagged/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tagger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tagger is a person who sprays or writes their nickname or sign (a tag) on walls, trains or buildings, often without permission, which is illegal vandalism.[↗](../../tagger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the playground game of tag (UK: tig, it), the tagger is the player who chases and touches the others.[↗](../../tagger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) A tagger is a computer program that labels things automatically, for example labelling each word in a sentence as noun, verb or adjective (a part-of-speech tagger).[↗](../../tagger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A tagger is also a person or tool that attaches tags or labels, as on clothes or animals.[↗](../../tagger/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taggers had sprayed their names on the bus shelter.[↗](../../tagger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The council paid to clean up the taggers' graffiti.[↗](../../tagger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, Mia was the tagger and chased us round the field.[↗](../../tagger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If the tagger touches you, you become the tagger.[↗](../../tagger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A part-of-speech tagger marks "run" as a verb or a noun.[↗](../../tagger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist used a tagger to put tracking tags on the birds.[↗](../../tagger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Graffiti by taggers is against the law without permission.[↗](../../tagger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tahitian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tahitian means from or about Tahiti, the largest island of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.[↗](../../tahitian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Tahitian is a person from Tahiti.[↗](../../tahitian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tahitian is also the Polynesian language spoken there, related to Māori and Hawaiian.[↗](../../tahitian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tahitian dancers move their hips very fast to drum music.[↗](../../tahitian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tahitian black pearls come from oysters in lagoons.[↗](../../tahitian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gauguin painted many Tahitian women.[↗](../../tahitian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tahitian is a Polynesian language close to Māori.[↗](../../tahitian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A Tahitian fisherman paddled his outrigger canoe.[↗](../../tahitian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tahitian vanilla smells sweet and flowery.[↗](../../tahitian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Captain Cook watched the stars from a Tahitian beach.[↗](../../tahitian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tai** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tai chi (or t'ai chi) is a Chinese system of slow, flowing exercise movements, practised for health and calm.[↗](../../tai/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Tai peoples and Tai languages include Thai and Lao and related languages of South-East Asia and southern China.[↗](../../tai/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Mandarin, pinyin) "Tài" means "too" or "very", as in "tài hǎo le!"[↗](../../tai/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") (great! — sounds like "tie how luh"); "tài" is also in "tàiyáng", the sun.[↗](../../tai/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Tai is a first name, for example a Welsh or Chinese name.[↗](../../tai/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word on its own.[↗](../../tai/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A tai is a kind of red sea fish, also called red bream.[↗](../../tai/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma does tai chi in the park every morning.[↗](../../tai/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tai chi moves are slow and gentle.[↗](../../tai/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thai and Lao are Tai languages.[↗](../../tai/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin, pinyin) "Tài hǎo le!" means "That's great!"[↗](../../tai/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin, pinyin) "Tài guì le" means "too expensive".[↗](../../tai/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried tai chi in PE and it was surprisingly hard.[↗](../../tai/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (a name) Tai is new in our class.[↗](../../tai/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I think the TAI (the red bream) must be the thief who has stolen the hook!”[↗](../../tai/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The part at the back end of an animal's body that sticks out and can often move.[↗](../../tail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The back part of something: the tail of a plane, the tail of a comet.[↗](../../tail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tails: the side of a coin without the head picture.[↗](../../tail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to follow someone closely and secretly.[↗](../../tail/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog wagged its tail.[↗](../../tail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cat uses its tail to balance.[↗](../../tail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heads or tails?[↗](../../tail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A lizard can drop its tail to escape.[↗](../../tail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never pull an animal's tail.[↗](../../tail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat at the tail of the plane.[↗](../../tail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The comet had a long bright tail.[↗](../../tail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles lose their tails as they turn into frogs.[↗](../../tail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL[↗](../../tail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, (Torah LEV.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.[↗](../../tail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.[↗](../../tail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.[↗](../../tail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.[↗](../../tail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.[↗](../../tail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **tailless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tailless means having no tail: a tailless animal, or an aircraft or kite built without a tail.[↗](../../tailless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Adult frogs are tailless, but tadpoles have tails.[↗](../../tailless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Manx cat is a famous tailless breed.[↗](../../tailless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Apes are tailless, but most monkeys have tails.[↗](../../tailless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lizard ran off tailless after the cat grabbed it.[↗](../../tailless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kite was tailless and kept spinning.[↗](../../tailless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Koalas are almost tailless.[↗](../../tailless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see a tailless jackal you will know that he is the one you want.'[↗](../../tailless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") So the panther thanked him and went his way.[↗](../../tailless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tailor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tailor is a person whose job is to make, mend or change clothes, especially suits and coats.[↗](../../tailor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tailor clothes is to make them fit a person exactly.[↗](../../tailor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To tailor something is to make it suit a special need: a plan tailored to each child.[↗](../../tailor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tailor needs 2 meters of cloth for each suit.[↗](../../tailor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailor sewed 5 buttons on each coat.[↗](../../tailor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailor made 12 shirts in a week.[↗](../../tailor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He charges 20 dollars for each dress.[↗](../../tailor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailor measured Dad for a new suit.[↗](../../tailor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The brave little tailor killed seven flies with one blow.[↗](../../tailor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lessons are tailored to each child.[↗](../../tailor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · On the way he met a tailor.[↗](../../tailor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tailorbird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tailorbird is a small bird of tropical Asia, such as India and Southeast Asia, that makes its nest by sewing leaves together with plant fibres or spider silk, using its sharp beak like a needle.[↗](../../tailorbird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tailorbird sews leaves together to hide its nest.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailorbird uses its beak like a needle.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tailorbirds live in gardens and forests in India.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tailorbird's nest is hidden inside a leafy cup.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", Darzee is a tailorbird.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tailorbirds use spider silk as thread.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a video of a tailorbird stitching a nest.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was Darzee, the Tailorbird, and his wife.[↗](../../tailorbird/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **taipan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.[↗](../../taipan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, Hong Kong and China) A powerful head of a foreign business company in the 1800s and early 1900s.[↗](../../taipan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.[↗](../../taipan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Taipans live in Australia.[↗](../../taipan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ranger said the taipan is shy and avoids people.[↗](../../taipan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A taipan bite needs urgent medical help.[↗](../../taipan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coastal taipan hunts rats in sugar cane fields.[↗](../../taipan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In old Hong Kong, a taipan ran a big trading company.[↗](../../taipan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/3/) … 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