--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 51 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/51/) [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 51 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A troublemaker is a person who often causes problems, for example by breaking rules, starting fights or upsetting others on purpose.[↗](../../troublemaker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher sat the troublemaker near her desk.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jake had been called a troublemaker since infant school.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The troublemakers were sent to the head's office.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was not a troublemaker; she was just bored.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · One troublemaker spoiled the trip for everyone.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't label him a troublemaker; give him a chance.[↗](../../troublemaker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **troubler** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who brings trouble or distress to others.[↗](../../troubler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.[↗](../../troubler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../troubler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him: 'Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?'[↗](../../troubler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../troubler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **troublesome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Causing trouble, worry or difficulty; annoying or hard to deal with.[↗](../../troublesome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That troublesome cough kept me awake.[↗](../../troublesome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The troublesome puppy chewed my shoes.[↗](../../troublesome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was a troublesome friend.[↗](../../troublesome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The last sum was the most troublesome.[↗](../../troublesome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeds are troublesome in the garden.[↗](../../troublesome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The troublesome wind kept blowing my kite away.[↗](../../troublesome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They—they—they were so—so troublesome—that I could not manage them at all.[↗](../../troublesome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **troublous** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Full of trouble, hard and disturbed.[↗](../../troublous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **trough** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trough is a long narrow open box that holds water or food for farm animals like pigs, cows or horses.[↗](../../trough/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A trough is the low point between two waves, or between two high points on a graph.[↗](../../trough/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (weather) A trough is a long area of low air pressure, which often brings rain.[↗](../../trough/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A trough is a low or bad time, after a good one, as in «peaks and troughs».[↗](../../trough/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) To have your snout in the trough means to take more money or benefits than you should.[↗](../../trough/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pigs pushed their noses into the trough.[↗](../../trough/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse drank from the stone trough by the gate.[↗](../../trough/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat sank into the trough between two huge waves.[↗](../../trough/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the crest and the trough on your wave diagram.[↗](../../trough/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows peaks in summer and troughs in winter.[↗](../../trough/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A trough of low pressure will bring rain tomorrow.[↗](../../trough/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Business has its peaks and troughs.[↗](../../trough/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Worm drew nearer and nearer, till at last it came up to the trough.[↗](../../trough/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.[↗](../../trough/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trough/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.[↗](../../trough/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trough/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.[↗](../../trough/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trough/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel.[↗](../../trough/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trough/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **trounce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To trounce someone is to beat them thoroughly, or to defeat them easily.[↗](../../trounce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team trounced them 9 to 0.[↗](../../trounce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero trounced the troll.[↗](../../trounce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ivan trounced the beast with the broken bow.[↗](../../trounce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **trouser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (used before a noun) Having to do with trousers: «trouser leg», «trouser pocket», «trouser press».[↗](../../trouser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) To take and keep money, often in a sly or unfair way: «he trousered the cash».[↗](../../trouser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put the coins in my trouser pocket.[↗](../../trouser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His trouser leg got caught in the bike chain.[↗](../../trouser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Roll up your trouser legs before you paddle.[↗](../../trouser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad uses a trouser press to keep his work trousers smart.[↗](../../trouser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal, UK) The salesman trousered a big bonus.[↗](../../trouser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) He trousered the prize money and left.[↗](../../trouser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trousers** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down, with a separate part for each leg.[↗](../../trousers/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I tore my trousers on the fence.[↗](../../trousers/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your school trousers.[↗](../../trousers/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These trousers are too long for me.[↗](../../trousers/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I need a new pair of trousers.[↗](../../trousers/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He keeps his keys in his trouser pocket.[↗](../../trousers/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tuck your trousers into your socks to keep ticks off on a hike.[↗](../../trousers/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He managed, however, to scramble out with wet sleeves and bespattered trousers.[↗](../../trousers/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **trout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trout is a fish that lives in clean, cool rivers and lakes, related to the salmon, often with spots on its skin.[↗](../../trout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Trout is also the meat of this fish, eaten as food.[↗](../../trout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa caught a trout in the river.[↗](../../trout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Trout like cold, clear water.[↗](../../trout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had grilled trout for dinner.[↗](../../trout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow trout has a pink stripe along its side.[↗](../../trout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There were lots of trout in the lake.[↗](../../trout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The trout jumped to catch a fly.[↗](../../trout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Trout lay their eggs in gravel.[↗](../../trout/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Babette was just thinking of preparing some trout to set before him.[↗](../../trout/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **troy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Troy was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, famous from Greek stories of the Trojan War, in which the Greeks got inside the city by hiding in a giant wooden horse.[↗](../../troy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Troy is a boy's name (a name).[↗](../../troy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Troy weight is an old system for weighing gold, silver and gems; a troy ounce is a little heavier than an ordinary ounce.[↗](../../troy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Greeks hid inside a wooden horse to get into Troy.[↗](../../troy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Helen of Troy was said to be very beautiful.[↗](../../troy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists dug up the ruins of Troy.[↗](../../troy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold is weighed in troy ounces.[↗](../../troy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin Troy is in Year 6.[↗](../../troy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A computer virus called a Trojan horse tricks you into opening it.[↗](../../troy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He who sung of Troy became earth, and from that earth I have sprung.[↗](../../troy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **truant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission.[↗](../../truant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A truant is an idler who wanders about and shirks his work.[↗](../../truant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To play truant means to stay away from school on purpose.[↗](../../truant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tom played truant and spent the day at the beach.[↗](../../truant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The register showed two truants on Monday.[↗](../../truant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tale calls the boy a truant and a vagabond.[↗](../../truant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Though he had played truant so often, he still knew a few things.[↗](../../truant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister never plays truant; she loves school.[↗](../../truant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **truce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a time.[↗](../../truce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A pause in a quarrel, for example between brothers and sisters.[↗](../../truce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two armies agreed to a truce.[↗](../../truce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Let's call a truce,» said Maddie to her brother.[↗](../../truce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · During the Christmas truce, soldiers played football together.[↗](../../truce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cats seem to have made a truce and share the sofa now.[↗](../../truce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the argument, the twins had an uneasy truce.[↗](../../truce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The truce lasted only three days.[↗](../../truce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked the two groups to make a truce and work together.[↗](../../truce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **truck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A truck is a big vehicle for carrying heavy things (UK also: lorry).[↗](../../truck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A truck is also a small cart with wheels for moving things by hand: a hand truck.[↗](../../truck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A food truck is a van that cooks and sells food.[↗](../../truck/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Truck can also mean garden vegetables grown to be sold.[↗](../../truck/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each truck carries 20 boxes.[↗](../../truck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 trucks.[↗](../../truck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A truck can hold 3 tons.[↗](../../truck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many trucks are needed for 90 boxes?[↗](../../truck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire truck raced down the street.[↗](../../truck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The garbage truck comes on Mondays.[↗](../../truck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought tacos from the food truck.[↗](../../truck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk behind a truck that is backing up.[↗](../../truck/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yer you bin gobblin' up my green truck, en now you tryin' ter tote off my trap.[↗](../../truck/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trudge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To trudge is to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired, or because the ground is hard to walk on.[↗](../../trudge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A trudge is a long, tiring walk.[↗](../../trudge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We trudged home through the snow.[↗](../../trudge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers trudged along the muddy road.[↗](../../trudge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the match, the team trudged back to the changing room.[↗](../../trudge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a long trudge up the hill.[↗](../../trudge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She trudged to school with her heavy bag.[↗](../../trudge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers trudged across the ice for days.[↗](../../trudge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.[↗](../../trudge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **true** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* True means right and real, agreeing with the facts, not false or made up.[↗](../../true/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A true friend is a loyal friend who stays with you.[↗](../../true/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* True also means real and correct: a true story, a true copy.[↗](../../true/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Come true means really happen: my wish came true.[↗](../../true/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* True means straight or exact: the shelf is not true.[↗](../../true/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «True» or «tru» alone means I agree; «so true» means very much agreed; «true that» is slang for yes.[↗](../../true/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Is that true?», «for real?» and «no cap» (slang: no lie) ask or promise that something is not made up.[↗](../../true/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Accurate», «correct», «valid», «consistent with the facts» and «it holds that» are stiff words for true.[↗](../../true/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* True can also mean honestly or truthfully, as in "tell me true.".[↗](../../true/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Is 7 + 5 = 12 true or false?[↗](../../true/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Which statement is true?[↗](../../true/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is true that 3 × 4 = 12.[↗](../../true/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write true or false for each sum.[↗](../../true/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is based on a true story.[↗](../../true/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dream came true.[↗](../../true/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A true friend helps you when things are hard.[↗](../../true/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it true that bats are blind?[↗](../../true/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") No, it is a myth.[↗](../../true/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia reckons plants eat soil to grow. true? — No, plants make their food from light, air and water.[↗](../../true/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (casual, wrong claim)[↗](../../true/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · «Maths is easier than spelling.»[↗](../../true/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") «True.»[↗](../../true/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (casual)[↗](../../true/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it true you told her I cheated?[↗](../../true/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") You liar.[↗](../../true/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../true/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling point of water at sea level?[↗](../../true/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../true/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel; (Torah DEU.22.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../true/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and it be told thee, and thou hear it, then shalt thou inquire diligently, and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel; (Torah DEU.17.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../true/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The true adjective for living is ChIA.[↗](../../true/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../true/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · A true witness delivereth souls; but he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.[↗](../../true/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../true/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law; (Writings 2CH.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../true/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. (Writings RUT.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../true/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **truffle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A truffle is a soft, round chocolate sweet, often covered in cocoa powder.[↗](../../truffle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A truffle is a rare, strong-smelling fungus that grows underground near tree roots and is very expensive to eat.[↗](../../truffle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran gave me a box of chocolate truffles.[↗](../../truffle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We rolled chocolate truffles in cocoa powder.[↗](../../truffle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Truffles grow underground near oak trees.[↗](../../truffle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Trained dogs sniff out truffles in the forest.[↗](../../truffle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some truffles cost more than gold by weight.[↗](../../truffle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Truffle oil smells very strong.[↗](../../truffle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A truffle is a fungus, like a mushroom, but it grows under the soil.[↗](../../truffle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **truism** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A statement so plainly true that it hardly needs saying.[↗](../../truism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance.[↗](../../truism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../truism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **truly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Really; in a way that is true, sincere and honest.[↗](../../truly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I am truly sorry.[↗](../../truly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very, completely: a truly amazing day.[↗](../../truly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Yours truly" is a way to end a formal letter, and also a jokey way to say "me".[↗](../../truly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am truly sorry I broke your pencil.[↗](../../truly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a truly beautiful sunset.[↗](../../truly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you truly believe the moon is made of cheese?[↗](../../truly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were truly grateful for the help.[↗](../../truly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The test showed what truly happened.[↗](../../truly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Yours truly, Emma Brown.[↗](../../truly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was well and truly burnt.[↗](../../truly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She was truly happy when her grandma visited.[↗](../../truly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Come,” said the king, “tell me truly.[↗](../../truly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.[↗](../../truly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../truly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.'[↗](../../truly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.49, JPS 1917)[↗](../../truly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · D., remarked very truly in his German preface to the book "Yezirah," published in Leipzig, 1830: "This book is for two reasons highly important: in the first place, that the real Cabala, or mystical (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../truly/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'[↗](../../truly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../truly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.[↗](../../truly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../truly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD; but they that deal truly are His delight.[↗](../../truly/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../truly/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **trump** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (card games) A trump or trumps is a suit of cards that beats all others in a game.[↗](../../trump/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To trump something means to beat it by doing something better, as in she trumped his story.[↗](../../trump/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal, childish) To trump means to fart.[↗](../../trump/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Trump is a family name; Donald Trump is an American businessman who became President of the United States.[↗](../../trump/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Bible, old) A trump is a trumpet, as in the last trump.[↗](../../trump/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hearts are trumps in this game.[↗](../../trump/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play Top Trumps with dinosaur cards.[↗](../../trump/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her goal trumped all the others.[↗](../../trump/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our trump card is our fast runner.[↗](../../trump/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Who trumped?[↗](../../trump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") It smells\![↗](../../trump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, informal)[↗](../../trump/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Donald Trump was elected US president.[↗](../../trump/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (a name)[↗](../../trump/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible speaks of the last trump.[↗](../../trump/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/50/) **51** [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/52/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/50/) - next →: [page 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/52/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)