--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 44 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/44/) [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 44 [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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[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/) **transportation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving people or goods from one place to another.[↗](../../transportation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A way of travelling or carrying things: cars, buses, trains, planes, ships.[↗](../../transportation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) Sending convicts from Britain and Ireland to live and work far away, especially to Australia (1788–1868) and earlier to America, as a punishment.[↗](../../transportation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Public transportation includes buses and trains.[↗](../../transportation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many convicts were sentenced to transportation to Australia.[↗](../../transportation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river's transportation of sand builds up the beach.[↗](../../transportation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school organises transportation for the trip.[↗](../../transportation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bikes are a healthy kind of transportation.[↗](../../transportation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Transportation to Australia could last fourteen years or for life.[↗](../../transportation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **transporter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A transporter is a large vehicle that carries other vehicles or heavy loads, like a car transporter lorry.[↗](../../transporter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A transporter is any person or thing that carries something from place to place.[↗](../../transporter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science fiction, a transporter is an imaginary machine that sends people instantly from one place to another.[↗](../../transporter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (biology) A transporter is a tiny part of a cell wall that carries substances in or out of the cell.[↗](../../transporter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A car transporter carried eight new cars down the motorway.[↗](../../transporter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army used a transporter to move the heavy tank.[↗](../../transporter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the captain stepped into the transporter and vanished.[↗](../../transporter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees are transporters of pollen from flower to flower.[↗](../../transporter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The transporter bridge carries cars across the river on a hanging platform.[↗](../../transporter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cells have transporters that let sugar in.[↗](../../transporter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **transpose** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To switch the order or places of things, such as letters.[↗](../../transpose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **transposed** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To change the places of two things, so that each takes the other's place.[↗](../../transposed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* (music) To move a tune to a different key.[↗](../../transposed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 19) The word ענג signifies joy, and when transposed, forming the word נגע it signifies just the contrary, trouble, plague.[↗](../../transposed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../transposed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have transposed the two parts of the story.[↗](../../transposed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The digits were transposed by mistake: 24 was written as 42.[↗](../../transposed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The song was transposed into a higher key for the choir.[↗](../../transposed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **transposition** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of switching the order or place of letters or things.[↗](../../transposition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition.[↗](../../transposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../transposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **transversely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Transversely means across, lying or moving from side to side, at a right angle to the length of something.[↗](../../transversely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Cut the carrot transversely into rounds."[↗](../../transversely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cut the stem transversely to see the tubes inside.[↗](../../transversely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The beams were laid transversely across the bridge.[↗](../../transversely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In a transverse wave, the particles move transversely to the wave's direction.[↗](../../transversely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slice the cucumber transversely into circles.[↗](../../transversely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The engine is mounted transversely in many small cars.[↗](../../transversely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist cut the bone transversely and looked at it under the microscope.[↗](../../transversely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stripes run transversely across the flag.[↗](../../transversely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **trap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trap is a device for catching animals, such as a mousetrap.[↗](../../trap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A trap is a clever plan to catch or trick someone.[↗](../../trap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To trap someone or something is to catch it or keep it somewhere it cannot get out of.[↗](../../trap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A trap in a question or puzzle is a part that tricks you into a wrong answer.[↗](../../trap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer set a trap for the rat in the barn.[↗](../../trap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was trapped in the shed all night.[↗](../../trap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't fall into the trap of rushing the last question.[↗](../../trap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters rescued a family trapped on the top floor.[↗](../../trap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A greenhouse traps heat from the sun.[↗](../../trap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That riddle has a trap: read it twice.[↗](../../trap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The police set a trap to catch the thief.[↗](../../trap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he laid traps for the wicked animal.[↗](../../trap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.[↗](../../trap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.24.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.[↗](../../trap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.[↗](../../trap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **trapezium** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A flat shape with four sides, of which at least one pair is parallel (in American English, a quadrilateral with no parallel sides).[↗](../../trapezium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **trapped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Trapped means caught so that you cannot get away or get out.[↗](../../trapped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Trapped means caught in a trap, as an animal can be.[↗](../../trapped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Trapped can mean held in one place, like trapped air or heat.[↗](../../trapped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Feeling trapped means feeling you have no way out of a bad situation.[↗](../../trapped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat got trapped in the shed.[↗](../../trapped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never hide in an old fridge; you could get trapped.[↗](../../trapped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The miners were trapped underground for days.[↗](../../trapped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Air trapped in a bird's feathers keeps it warm.[↗](../../trapped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox was trapped in a net.[↗](../../trapped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A firefighter rescued the people trapped by the flood.[↗](../../trapped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt trapped and didn't know who to ask for help.[↗](../../trapped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain was trapped in the hollow of the rock.[↗](../../trapped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.[↗](../../trapped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trapped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trapper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trapper is a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially for their fur.[↗](../../trapper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A trapper can also be anyone whose job is to catch animals with traps, such as pests or animals for study.[↗](../../trapper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fur trapper set his traps along the frozen river.[↗](../../trapper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Trappers sold beaver furs to traders in Canada.[↗](../../trapper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old trapper knew every track in the forest.[↗](../../trapper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists hired a trapper to catch and tag the foxes.[↗](../../trapper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the trapper shared his cabin with a lost boy.[↗](../../trapper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The trapper checked his traps every morning.[↗](../../trapper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trapping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Trapping means catching animals in traps.[↗](../../trapping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Trapping means keeping someone or something in a place they cannot get out of.[↗](../../trapping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Trapping (in sport) means stopping a ball and controlling it, for example with your foot.[↗](../../trapping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The trappings of something are the things that go with it and show it: «the trappings of wealth».[↗](../../trapping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Greenhouse gases are trapping heat around the Earth.[↗](../../trapping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Venus flytrap is trapping a fly.[↗](../../trapping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fur trapping was common in old Canada.[↗](../../trapping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's good at trapping the ball with his chest.[↗](../../trapping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful not to trap your fingers in the door.[↗](../../trapping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The snow was trapping the cars on the road.[↗](../../trapping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She didn't care about the trappings of fame.[↗](../../trapping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The King rode on a huge Elephant adorned with the most gorgeous trappings.[↗](../../trapping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **trappist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A Trappist is a Catholic monk or nun of a strict order (the Cistercians of the Strict Observance), known for prayer, hard work and long periods of silence.[↗](../../trappist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective: To do with this order: a Trappist monastery.[↗](../../trappist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Trappist beer or cheese: made in or under the control of Trappist monasteries.[↗](../../trappist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trappist monks spend much of the day in silence and prayer.[↗](../../trappist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Trappist monastery sells honey and bread.[↗](../../trappist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The order got its name from La Trappe Abbey in France.[↗](../../trappist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thomas Merton was a famous Trappist writer.[↗](../../trappist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Trappist nuns also live in silent communities.[↗](../../trappist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class was as quiet as Trappist monks during the test.[↗](../../trappist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Trash is rubbish, things you throw away (US, Canada).[↗](../../trash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Trash is also something of very poor quality: that film is trash (informal).[↗](../../trash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To trash something is to damage it badly or make a big mess of it (slang).[↗](../../trash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To trash someone or something is to criticise it harshly (informal).[↗](../../trash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rude) Calling people «trash» is an insult.[↗](../../trash/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In old country speech, to trash means to beat corn or grain to get the seeds out.[↗](../../trash/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please take out the trash after dinner.[↗](../../trash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the wrapper in the trash can.[↗](../../trash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother trashed my Lego castle.[↗](../../trash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The party guests trashed the house.[↗](../../trash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That TV show is total trash.[↗](../../trash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The critics trashed the new film.[↗](../../trash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call people trash; it's unkind.[↗](../../trash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So off he went, and when he came to the farmer's, master and men were all a-trashing in the barn.[↗](../../trash/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **trauma** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very upsetting or frightening experience that can hurt someone's mind and feelings for a long time.[↗](../../trauma/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) A serious injury to the body, like from an accident.[↗](../../trauma/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Something upsetting, sometimes said jokingly about a small problem.[↗](../../trauma/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children needed support after the trauma of the flood.[↗](../../trauma/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was taken to the trauma unit after the car crash.[↗](../../trauma/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking to a counsellor can help with trauma.[↗](../../trauma/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor checked for head trauma.[↗](../../trauma/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Getting a haircut was a trauma for my little brother.[↗](../../trauma/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Animals can also feel trauma after being treated badly.[↗](../../trauma/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **travail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old) Travail is very hard, tiring work or effort.[↗](../../travail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Travails (plural) are difficulties and troubles someone goes through.[↗](../../travail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the travails of moving house".[↗](../../travail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, Bible) Travail can mean the pain and effort of giving birth.[↗](../../travail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a woman in travail".[↗](../../travail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Painful, hard work or effort; in the first sentence it means the pains of childbirth.[↗](../../travail/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After years of travail, they finished the cathedral.[↗](../../travail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book describes the travails of a family crossing the ocean.[↗](../../travail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's travails continued with another defeat.[↗](../../travail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, the woman was in travail before her child was born.[↗](../../travail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers travailed in the fields from dawn to dusk.[↗](../../travail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (old)[↗](../../travail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We laughed about the travails of our camping trip.[↗](../../travail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The travails of the journey made them tired but proud.[↗](../../travail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.[↗](../../travail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.[↗](../../travail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us; (Torah NUM.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · See mine affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins.[↗](../../travail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.25.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.[↗](../../travail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.[↗](../../travail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../travail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.[↗](../../travail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.27, JPS 1917) · And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us;[↗](../../travail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.20.14, JPS 1917) · Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'[↗](../../travail/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.16, JPS 1917) **travel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To travel means to go from one place to another, often a long way.[↗](../../travel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Travel is the act of travelling: air travel, space travel.[↗](../../travel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Light and sound travel: they move from one place to another.[↗](../../travel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Travels are journeys, especially long ones.[↗](../../travel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They traveled 150 miles.[↗](../../travel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car travels 50 miles in one hour.[↗](../../travel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How far does she travel in 3 hours?[↗](../../travel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He travels 12 km to work each day.[↗](../../travel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We traveled by plane to see Grandma.[↗](../../travel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Light travels faster than sound.[↗](../../travel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children get travel sick in the car.[↗](../../travel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the boy travels back in time.[↗](../../travel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Oh, to travel there!" exclaimed others.[↗](../../travel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **traveler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who is making a journey, often far from home.[↗](../../traveler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travelers rested under a tree.[↗](../../traveler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some travelers laughed at the poor old man.[↗](../../traveler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tired travelers reached the inn at night.[↗](../../traveler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **travelled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Went from one place to another, especially far away.[↗](../../travelled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "We travelled to Scotland."[↗](../../travelled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Moved.[↗](../../travelled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Sound travels through air."[↗](../../travelled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We travelled to Ireland by ferry.[↗](../../travelled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car travelled 120 kilometres in two hours.[↗](../../travelled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Light travelled from the Sun to the Earth.[↗](../../travelled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma has travelled all over the world.[↗](../../travelled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The news travelled fast around the school.[↗](../../travelled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They travelled by bus to the museum.[↗](../../travelled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **traveller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A traveller is a person who goes on a trip from one place to another, or who travels a lot.[↗](../../traveller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A traveller is also a passenger on a bus, train or plane.[↗](../../traveller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In Ireland and the UK, Travellers are a community of people with their own traditions, many of whom have lived moving from place to place.[↗](../../traveller/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A traveller walks 5 km each hour.[↗](../../traveller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus carries 40 travellers.[↗](../../traveller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each traveller pays $12.[↗](../../traveller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far has the traveller gone after 3 hours?[↗](../../traveller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tired traveller stopped at an inn for the night.[↗](../../traveller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Travellers waited at the airport for their flight.[↗](../../traveller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a time traveller visits the dinosaurs.[↗](../../traveller/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each traveller may take one bag on the plane.[↗](../../traveller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mother-Frog had once been a traveller.[↗](../../traveller/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.[↗](../../traveller/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../traveller/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **travelling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Travelling means going from one place to another, especially far away, on a trip or journey.[↗](../../travelling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) Travelling is the activity of going on journeys.[↗](../../travelling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Moving from place to place: a travelling show.[↗](../../travelling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In science, moving through space: light travelling through glass.[↗](../../travelling/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We are travelling to Scotland by train.[↗](../../travelling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Travelling by plane is fast.[↗](../../travelling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Light travels in straight lines.[↗](../../travelling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound travels faster through water than through air.[↗](../../travelling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A travelling circus came to town.[↗](../../travelling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I get sick when travelling in the car.[↗](../../travelling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The train was travelling at 100 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../travelling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I should like to have a travelling companion\![↗](../../travelling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/40/) … 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