--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 46 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/46/) [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 46 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/45/) **46** [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/47/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **treater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice.[↗](../../treater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is mostly found in «trick-or-treater», a child who goes from house to house at Halloween asking for sweets.[↗](../../treater/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The trick-or-treaters wore scary masks.[↗](../../treater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We gave sweets to every trick-or-treater who knocked.[↗](../../treater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A group of little treaters stood on the porch.[↗](../../treater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Trick-or-treaters should stay with a grown-up.[↗](../../treater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our house had a pumpkin to welcome trick-or-treaters.[↗](../../treater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was the treater today and bought us ice cream.[↗](../../treater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **treatise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail.[↗](../../treatise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wrote a treatise on the habits of birds.[↗](../../treatise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The scholar's treatise took him ten years.[↗](../../treatise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school library has a treatise on the stars.[↗](../../treatise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Compare also the Talmud treatise Chagigah p. 12.[↗](../../treatise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../treatise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 43) The substance of this Mishnah is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Berachoth, p. 55, a. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../treatise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · E.) See treatise Berachoth, p. 55 a, where the commentator Rashi referred to the book Yezirah.[↗](../../treatise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../treatise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **treatment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Treatment is the care given by a doctor, nurse or other helper to make someone better when they are ill or injured.[↗](../../treatment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Treatment is the way you behave towards someone («fair treatment», «unkind treatment»).[↗](../../treatment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A treatment is a way of cleaning or protecting something («water treatment», «wood treatment»).[↗](../../treatment/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He needed hospital treatment after falling off his bike.[↗](../../treatment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The treatment for a small burn is cool running water.[↗](../../treatment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone deserves fair treatment.[↗](../../treatment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave her brother the silent treatment.[↗](../../treatment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water goes through treatment before it reaches our taps.[↗](../../treatment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet said the dog's treatment would take two weeks.[↗](../../treatment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No one gets special treatment in this class.[↗](../../treatment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The fence had a treatment to stop it rotting.[↗](../../treatment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I should not endure such treatment," said the tax-collector's wife.[↗](../../treatment/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **treaty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A written agreement between countries or nations, for example to end a war, to trade or to share land.[↗](../../treaty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two countries signed a peace treaty.[↗](../../treaty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Treaty of Waitangi is very important in New Zealand.[↗](../../treaty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaking a treaty can lead to war.[↗](../../treaty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many treaties were made with Native American nations.[↗](../../treaty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The treaty allowed both sides to fish in the sea.[↗](../../treaty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaders met to agree on the treaty.[↗](../../treaty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "And you," retorted the lion, "have not feared to break our treaty that engaged solemnly we should never interfere with each other."[↗](../../treaty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **treble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To treble is to become three times as big, or to make something three times as big.[↗](../../treble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Treble means three times as much or as many, or having three parts.[↗](../../treble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (music) The treble is the high part in music; a treble is a boy with a high singing voice, and the treble clef is the sign for high notes.[↗](../../treble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (sport) A treble is winning three trophies in one season, or (darts) the narrow ring that scores three times the number.[↗](../../treble/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The price of the house has trebled in twenty years.[↗](../../treble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you treble 5, you get 15.[↗](../../treble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My big brother sings treble in the cathedral choir.[↗](../../treble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Notes for the recorder are written on the treble clef.[↗](../../treble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won the treble: the league, the FA Cup and the European Cup.[↗](../../treble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He hit treble twenty, which scores 60 in darts.[↗](../../treble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We got treble the number of visitors this year.[↗](../../treble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I trebled the cable to make it stronger, and for the same reason twisted three of the iron bars together, bending the ends into a hook.[↗](../../treble/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **trebuchet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trebuchet is a huge medieval siege machine like a giant catapult that throws heavy stones over castle walls, powered by a heavy counterweight that falls and swings a long arm with a sling.[↗](../../trebuchet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The trebuchet hurled a huge stone at the castle wall.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a model trebuchet out of lolly sticks in D and T.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A trebuchet uses a heavy counterweight, not a twisted rope.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Edward I used a giant trebuchet called Warwolf.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The trebuchet's long arm acts like a lever.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our trebuchet threw a marshmallow three metres.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Trebuchets could throw stones weighing as much as a person.[↗](../../trebuchet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tree** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tree is a tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches and leaves.[↗](../../tree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A family tree is a chart showing a family's parents, children and grandparents.[↗](../../tree/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tree diagram is a drawing with branches that shows choices or parts.[↗](../../tree/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 33 trees in the park.[↗](../../tree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers planted 44 more trees.[↗](../../tree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each tree has 12 apples.[↗](../../tree/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many trees will there be?[↗](../../tree/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a tree house.[↗](../../tree/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves fall from the trees in autumn.[↗](../../tree/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You can tell a tree's age by its rings.[↗](../../tree/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw your family tree.[↗](../../tree/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds nest in the old oak tree.[↗](../../tree/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't climb trees near power lines.[↗](../../tree/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.[↗](../../tree/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'[↗](../../tree/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.[↗](../../tree/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?'[↗](../../tree/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.[↗](../../tree/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tree/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **treeless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees.[↗](../../treeless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tundra is a cold, treeless land.[↗](../../treeless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Above the tree line, the mountain is treeless.[↗](../../treeless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nullarbor Plain in Australia is flat and treeless.[↗](../../treeless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep grazed on the treeless hills of the island.[↗](../../treeless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the trees were cut down, the hillside was left treeless.[↗](../../treeless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hard to find shade on the treeless plain.[↗](../../treeless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The road led across a treeless plain where the Sun beat down fiercely.[↗](../../treeless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **treetop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A treetop is the highest part of a tree, its top branches and leaves.[↗](../../treetop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monkeys swung through the treetops.[↗](../../treetop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds sang from the treetops.[↗](../../treetop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We did a treetop walk on rope bridges.[↗](../../treetop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind whistled through the treetops.[↗](../../treetop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many rainforest animals never leave the treetops.[↗](../../treetop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The squirrel built its drey high in the treetop.[↗](../../treetop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Two of the strongest monkeys caught Mowgli under the arms and swung off with him through the treetops, twenty feet at a bound.[↗](../../treetop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **trefoil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover.[↗](../../trefoil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes.[↗](../../trefoil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod.[↗](../../trefoil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A clover is a trefoil with three leaves.[↗](../../trefoil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener planted a row of trefoils by the path.[↗](../../trefoil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **trek** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../trek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A long, hard journey, especially on foot through mountains, forests or wild country.[↗](../../trek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb.[↗](../../trek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To go on such a journey.[↗](../../trek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A long tiring walk to an ordinary place: «It's a trek to the shops».[↗](../../trek/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went on a three-day trek through the mountains.[↗](../../trek/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a real trek from the car park to the beach.[↗](../../trek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Explorers trekked across the frozen Arctic.[↗](../../trek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pony trekking in Wales was the best part of our holiday.[↗](../../trek/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The refugees trekked for weeks to reach safety.[↗](../../trek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure you take water on a long trek.[↗](../../trek/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trellis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up.[↗](../../trellis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame.[↗](../../trellis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The roses climb up the wooden trellis.[↗](../../trellis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox could not reach the grapes on the high trellis.[↗](../../trellis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put a trellis against the wall for the beans.[↗](../../trellis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tremble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak.[↗](../../tremble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When things tremble, they shake a little, like leaves in the wind or the ground in a small earthquake.[↗](../../tremble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tremble is a small shaking movement.[↗](../../tremble/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My hands trembled before I went on stage.[↗](../../tremble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy trembled in the cold rain.[↗](../../tremble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground trembled when the train went past.[↗](../../tremble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice trembled as she said sorry.[↗](../../tremble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves trembled in the breeze.[↗](../../tremble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He trembled with excitement as he opened the present.[↗](../../tremble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a tremble in his voice.[↗](../../tremble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Anastasia trembled, and burst into tears.[↗](../../tremble/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.[↗](../../tremble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.[↗](../../tremble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.[↗](../../tremble/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.[↗](../../tremble/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.[↗](../../tremble/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.[↗](../../tremble/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremble/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **tremendous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise.[↗](../../tremendous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Very good; excellent: a tremendous goal, a tremendous time.[↗](../../tremendous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a tremendous crash of thunder.[↗](../../tremendous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You've made tremendous progress in reading\![↗](../../tremendous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The elephant was a tremendous size.[↗](../../tremendous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a tremendous time at the beach.[↗](../../tremendous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A volcano gives out tremendous heat.[↗](../../tremendous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd gave a tremendous cheer.[↗](../../tremendous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a tremendous goal from the halfway line.[↗](../../tremendous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm had already lasted many days when tremendous heat began to make itself felt.[↗](../../tremendous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He is thy glory, and He is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and tremendous things, which thine eyes have seen.[↗](../../tremendous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremendous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work\![↗](../../tremendous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.66.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremendous/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.[↗](../../tremendous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.145.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremendous/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; and let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.[↗](../../tremendous/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.45.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tremendous/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **tremendously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tremendously means very much or enormously.[↗](../../tremendously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was tremendously angry.[↗](../../tremendously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was tremendously big.[↗](../../tremendously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She yawned tremendously and fell asleep.[↗](../../tremendously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tremor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground.[↗](../../tremor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A slight shaking of part of the body, such as hands, that you cannot control.[↗](../../tremor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A shaking in the voice because of fear or strong feelings.[↗](../../tremor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We felt a small earth tremor during the night.[↗](../../tremor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a tremor in his voice as he said goodbye.[↗](../../tremor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has a tremor in his hands.[↗](../../tremor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists recorded several tremors after the earthquake.[↗](../../tremor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tremor made the cups rattle.[↗](../../tremor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · New Zealand has many small tremors every year.[↗](../../tremor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tremulous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age.[↗](../../tremulous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her tremulous voice showed she was scared.[↗](../../tremulous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man gave a tremulous smile.[↗](../../tremulous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke in a tremulous whisper.[↗](../../tremulous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **trench** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trench is a long, narrow, deep ditch dug in the ground, for pipes, drains or building foundations.[↗](../../trench/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In war, trenches are long ditches that soldiers dig and live in to protect themselves from enemy fire, especially in the First World War.[↗](../../trench/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An ocean trench is a very deep, long valley in the sea floor, like the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth.[↗](../../trench/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A trench coat is a long, belted raincoat.[↗](../../trench/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Workers dug a trench to lay the new water pipe.[↗](../../trench/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers in the trenches wrote letters home.[↗](../../trench/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trenches were full of mud and rats.[↗](../../trench/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mariana Trench is the deepest place in the ocean.[↗](../../trench/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Trench foot was caused by standing in cold water for days.[↗](../../trench/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Detectives in old films wear trench coats.[↗](../../trench/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Between the trenches was a deadly strip called no man's land.[↗](../../trench/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.[↗](../../trench/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.3.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trench/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.[↗](../../trench/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trench/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.[↗](../../trench/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trench/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **trend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A general direction in which something is changing or developing: «a trend towards healthier eating».[↗](../../trend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A fashion or craze: «the latest trend».[↗](../../trend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To move in a general direction.[↗](../../trend/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, online) To be talked about a lot online at a particular moment: «trending on social media».[↗](../../trend/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The graph shows an upward trend in temperatures.[↗](../../trend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fidget spinners were a big trend at our school.[↗](../../trend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a trend towards more children walking to school.[↗](../../trend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That video is trending on social media.[↗](../../trend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister always follows the latest trends.[↗](../../trend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices have trended down over the last few months.[↗](../../trend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the data and describe the trend.[↗](../../trend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/45/) **46** 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