--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 43 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/43/) [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 43 [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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[44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/44/) … [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/50/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **transit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Transit is the act of carrying people or goods from one place to another: the parcel was lost in transit.[↗](../../transit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada) Transit, or public transit, is the system of buses, trains and subways that people use to travel.[↗](../../transit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) A transit is when a planet or moon passes in front of a bigger object, such as the Sun.[↗](../../transit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your parcel is in transit and will arrive tomorrow.[↗](../../transit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people use public transit to get to work.[↗](../../transit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vase was broken in transit.[↗](../../transit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited in the transit lounge before our next flight.[↗](../../transit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers watched the transit of Venus across the Sun.[↗](../../transit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder drives a white Transit van.[↗](../../transit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is crowded with passengers, for the transit is quicker than by sea.[↗](../../transit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **transition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A transition is a change from one state, place or stage to another.[↗](../../transition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To transition is to move or change from one stage to another.[↗](../../transition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In writing, a transition is a word or phrase that links ideas, like «however» or «next».[↗](../../transition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Transition can mean a person changing to live as a different gender.[↗](../../transition/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The transition from primary to secondary school can feel scary.[↗](../../transition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting is the transition from solid to liquid.[↗](../../transition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use transition words like «first», «then» and «finally».[↗](../../transition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The caterpillar's transition to a butterfly takes weeks.[↗](../../transition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a smooth transition to the new building.[↗](../../transition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky changed from day to night in a slow transition.[↗](../../transition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The team transitioned to a new coach.[↗](../../transition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **translate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To translate is to change words from one language into another.[↗](../../translate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To translate is to change something into a different form: «translate a plan into action».[↗](../../translate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) To translate a shape is to slide it to a new position without turning or flipping it.[↗](../../translate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you translate this sentence into French?[↗](../../translate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin translated the menu for us.[↗](../../translate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Translate the square 4 units to the right.[↗](../../translate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After a translation, the shape is the same size and faces the same way.[↗](../../translate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was translated into fifty languages.[↗](../../translate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard work translated into good marks.[↗](../../translate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The app translates spoken words.[↗](../../translate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The word חמפולמות is translated by Rashi, moist.[↗](../../translate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../translate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 45) I have translated according to the reading of Rabbi Judah Halevi.[↗](../../translate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../translate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners.[↗](../../translate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../translate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **translation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Changing words from one language into another.[↗](../../translation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piece of writing or speech that has been changed into another language.[↗](../../translation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Sliding a shape to a new position without turning it, flipping it or changing its size.[↗](../../translation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) Changing something into a different form.[↗](../../translation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A translation can also be an explanation that makes something easy to understand.[↗](../../translation/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This book is an English translation of a French story.[↗](../../translation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Google gave a funny translation of my sentence.[↗](../../translation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some jokes get lost in translation.[↗](../../translation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, a translation slides a shape without turning it.[↗](../../translation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Translate the triangle 4 squares right and 1 square down.[↗](../../translation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She works in translation at a big company.[↗](../../translation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After a translation, the shape is the same size and faces the same way.[↗](../../translation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She had said it so often that Wendy needed no translation.[↗](../../translation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and Glossary, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../translation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The translation adopted here follows a popular logic.[↗](../../translation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../translation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation[↗](../../translation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · license: CC0[↗](../../translation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../translation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **translator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to change writing from one language into another.[↗](../../translator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A computer program or app that changes words from one language into another.[↗](../../translator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (general) Someone who puts something difficult into easier words for others.[↗](../../translator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt is a translator who turns German books into English.[↗](../../translator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Harry Potter books were changed into many languages by translators.[↗](../../translator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a translator app to read the menu in Spain.[↗](../../translator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A good translator knows both languages very well.[↗](../../translator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Online translators sometimes make funny mistakes.[↗](../../translator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister was my translator when the doctor used hard words.[↗](../../translator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · P., I have had to depend on translators.[↗](../../translator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term.[↗](../../translator/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../translator/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Author of the "Guide for Rational Inquiries into the Biblical Scriptures," "Toms des Morgenlandes," Translator of "Nathan the Wise" from the German, etc., etc., etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../translator/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition.[↗](../../translator/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../translator/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **transliterate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To write the letters of a word in another alphabet, so that its sounds can be shown in our letters.[↗](../../transliterate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher transliterated the Greek name into English letters.[↗](../../transliterate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Words written in Russian can be transliterated into our alphabet.[↗](../../transliterate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **transliteration** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Writing words of one language using the letters of another language.[↗](../../transliteration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.[↗](../../transliteration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../transliteration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Yod Tzaddi Yod Resh Heh ; modes of transliteration vary with different authors.[↗](../../transliteration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../transliteration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **translocate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, science) To translocate is to move something from one place to another, especially to move wild animals or plants to a new home to keep them safe.[↗](../../translocate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (biology) In plants, to translocate is to carry food, such as sugar, through the stem from the leaves to other parts.[↗](../../translocate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rangers translocated twenty rhinos to a safer park.[↗](../../translocate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists plan to translocate the rare frogs to a new pond.[↗](../../translocate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kiwi chicks are sometimes translocated to islands without predators.[↗](../../translocate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants translocate sugar from their leaves to their roots.[↗](../../translocate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers were translocated to Scotland to bring them back to the rivers.[↗](../../translocate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team must check the new home before they translocate the birds.[↗](../../translocate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **translucent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Letting some light pass through, but you cannot see clearly through it.[↗](../../translucent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Frosted glass is translucent."[↗](../../translucent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tracing paper is translucent.[↗](../../translucent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom window is translucent, so no one can see in.[↗](../../translucent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Light comes through the translucent curtain.[↗](../../translucent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is wax paper transparent, translucent or opaque?[↗](../../translucent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The jellyfish has a translucent body.[↗](../../translucent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which materials are translucent with a torch.[↗](../../translucent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **transmissible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Transmissible means able to be passed from one person, animal or thing to another, especially a disease.[↗](../../transmissible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Measles is very transmissible."[↗](../../transmissible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Transmissible can also describe other things that can be passed on, such as traits from parents to children or signals.[↗](../../transmissible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chickenpox is highly transmissible among children.[↗](../../transmissible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new variant was more transmissible than the old one.[↗](../../transmissible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Colds are transmissible through coughs and sneezes.[↗](../../transmissible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing your hands helps stop transmissible germs.[↗](../../transmissible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Not all diseases are transmissible; diabetes cannot be caught.[↗](../../transmissible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plant diseases are transmissible by insects.[↗](../../transmissible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors want to know how transmissible a virus is.[↗](../../transmissible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **transmission** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The passing of something from one person, place or thing to another: the transmission of disease.[↗](../../transmission/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sending out radio, TV or electronic signals, or a programme or message sent: a live transmission.[↗](../../transmission/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The part of a car or vehicle that sends power from the engine to the wheels; the gearbox.[↗](../../transmission/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Washing hands reduces the transmission of germs.[↗](../../transmission/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio transmission was full of crackles.[↗](../../transmission/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The live transmission of the match started at three.[↗](../../transmission/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes can spread disease by transmission through bites.[↗](../../transmission/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mechanic fixed the car's transmission.[↗](../../transmission/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spacecraft sent its last transmission back to Earth.[↗](../../transmission/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The theme of La Perette is of interest as showing the literary transmission of tales from Orient to Occident.[↗](../../transmission/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **transmit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To send out radio, TV or electronic signals.[↗](../../transmit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To pass something, like a disease, from one person or thing to another.[↗](../../transmit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To let light, heat, sound or electricity pass through.[↗](../../transmit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Glass transmits light.[↗](../../transmit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The station transmits news every hour.[↗](../../transmit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes can transmit malaria.[↗](../../transmit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Glass transmits light, but wood does not.[↗](../../transmit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Copper wire transmits electricity well.[↗](../../transmit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rover transmitted pictures from Mars.[↗](../../transmit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Covering your mouth when you cough helps stop germs being transmitted.[↗](../../transmit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **transmitted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sent out a signal, such as radio, TV, phone or internet.[↗](../../transmitted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Passed a disease or germs from one person or animal to another.[↗](../../transmitted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Let heat, light, sound or electricity pass through.[↗](../../transmitted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Passed on information, knowledge or feelings to others.[↗](../../transmitted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To pass a gift, power or quality on to another person.[↗](../../transmitted/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The match was transmitted live on TV.[↗](../../transmitted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The message was transmitted by radio.[↗](../../transmitted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Colds are transmitted by coughs and sneezes.[↗](../../transmitted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.[↗](../../transmitted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound is transmitted faster through water than through air.[↗](../../transmitted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Light is transmitted through clear glass.[↗](../../transmitted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The signal was transmitted to the satellite.[↗](../../transmitted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This elder Themis inherited from her mother the gift of prophecy, and when she became merged into her younger representative she transmitted to her this prophetic power.[↗](../../transmitted/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **transmute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To transmute means to change something completely into something different, in form or nature.[↗](../../transmute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The caterpillar is transmuted into a butterfly."[↗](../../transmute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, science) In alchemy, to transmute meant to turn one metal into another, especially lead into gold; in modern science, nuclear reactions can really change one element into another (transmutation).[↗](../../transmute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold.[↗](../../transmute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Radioactive uranium slowly transmutes into lead.[↗](../../transmute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist transmuted her sadness into a beautiful song.[↗](../../transmute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the myth, the king's touch transmuted everything to gold.[↗](../../transmute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists can transmute one element into another in a nuclear reactor.[↗](../../transmute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard work transmuted the empty field into a garden.[↗](../../transmute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch transmuted the frog into a prince.[↗](../../transmute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath formed, weighed, transmuted, composed, and created with these twenty-two letters every living being, and every soul yet uncreated.[↗](../../transmute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../transmute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **transparency** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Transparency is being see-through, letting light pass so you can see clearly through, like glass or clean water.[↗](../../transparency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Transparency means being open and honest so that people can see what is happening and why: transparency in government or in a company.[↗](../../transparency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A transparency is a clear plastic sheet with words or pictures on it, shown with an overhead projector, or a photographic slide.[↗](../../transparency/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We tested the transparency of different materials with a torch.[↗](../../transparency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean water has great transparency.[↗](../../transparency/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Voters want transparency about how taxes are spent.[↗](../../transparency/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The club showed transparency by sharing its accounts.[↗](../../transparency/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher put a transparency on the old overhead projector.[↗](../../transparency/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Transparency means people can check a decision is fair.[↗](../../transparency/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice loses its transparency when it has lots of air bubbles.[↗](../../transparency/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twelfth Path is the Intelligence of Transparency, because it is that species of Magnificence., called CHAZCHAZIT, which is named the place whence issues the vision of those seeing in apparitions.[↗](../../transparency/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (That is, the prophecies by seers in a vision.)[↗](../../transparency/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../transparency/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **transparent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clear, so that you can see through it clearly.[↗](../../transparent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Glass is transparent."[↗](../../transparent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Honest and open, with nothing hidden.[↗](../../transparent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a transparent decision".[↗](../../transparent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Easy to see through or notice.[↗](../../transparent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a transparent lie".[↗](../../transparent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Window glass is transparent.[↗](../../transparent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the leftovers in a transparent box so we can see them.[↗](../../transparent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean water is transparent.[↗](../../transparent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which materials are transparent, translucent or opaque?[↗](../../transparent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His excuse was so transparent that everyone knew he was lying.[↗](../../transparent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club's rules are transparent and fair.[↗](../../transparent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shining glow-worms covered the ceiling, and sky-blue bats flapped their transparent wings.[↗](../../transparent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **transpiration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The way plants lose water as water vapour through tiny holes in their leaves.[↗](../../transpiration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, sometimes also sweating in people and animals (rare).[↗](../../transpiration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Transpiration pulls water up from the roots.[↗](../../transpiration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put a plastic bag over the plant to see transpiration.[↗](../../transpiration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Transpiration is faster on hot, windy days.[↗](../../transpiration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Water leaves the plant through tiny holes called stomata.[↗](../../transpiration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Transpiration is part of the water cycle.[↗](../../transpiration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Celery in coloured water shows how water moves before transpiration.[↗](../../transpiration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **transplant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun (medicine).[↗](../../transplant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* An operation in which a damaged organ (heart, kidney, liver) is replaced with a healthy one from a donor.[↗](../../transplant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb (medicine).[↗](../../transplant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To move an organ or tissue from one person to another.[↗](../../transplant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* verb (gardening).[↗](../../transplant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To dig up a plant and plant it somewhere else.[↗](../../transplant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* verb.[↗](../../transplant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To move people or things to a new place to live.[↗](../../transplant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had a kidney transplant and is healthy now.[↗](../../transplant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The first heart transplant was in 1967.[↗](../../transplant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We transplanted the tomato seedlings into bigger pots.[↗](../../transplant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Organ donors help transplant patients.[↗](../../transplant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water the plants after you transplant them.[↗](../../transplant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The family was transplanted from the city to a small farm.[↗](../../transplant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many flowers and trees have faded to-night, and Death will soon come to transplant them.[↗](../../transplant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **transport** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../transport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Transport is a way of moving people or goods from one place to another, such as cars, buses, trains, planes and ships.[↗](../../transport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb.[↗](../../transport/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To transport means to move people or goods from one place to another.[↗](../../transport/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* verb.[↗](../../transport/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To be transported can mean to feel taken to another place or time by a story or music.[↗](../../transport/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) Transport is how a body or plant moves things, like blood carrying oxygen.[↗](../../transport/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A transport can also be a great rush of strong feeling, such as joy.[↗](../../transport/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Buses and trains are public transport.[↗](../../transport/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lorries transport food to the shops.[↗](../../transport/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What kind of transport do you use to get to school?[↗](../../transport/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Blood transports oxygen around the body.[↗](../../transport/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story transported me to a magical land.[↗](../../transport/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships transport goods across the ocean.[↗](../../transport/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And she flung herself into her friend's arms in a transport of delight.[↗](../../transport/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 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