--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 55 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/55/) [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 55 [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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[58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **turbulent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turbulent means wild, rough and disorderly, with a lot of movement.[↗](../../turbulent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Turbulent water is rough and tossed by strong waves or currents.[↗](../../turbulent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The turbulent sea tossed the little boat.[↗](../../turbulent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sailed on vaster and more turbulent waves.[↗](../../turbulent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class became turbulent when the teacher left the room.[↗](../../turbulent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tureen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table.[↗](../../tureen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A similar dish for serving vegetables or sauce.[↗](../../tureen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The waiter carried a steaming tureen of soup to the table.[↗](../../tureen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!»[↗](../../tureen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran's best china tureen is only used at Christmas.[↗](../../tureen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lift the lid of the tureen carefully – it's hot.[↗](../../tureen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant poured soup from the tureen into his bowl.[↗](../../tureen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tureen was painted with blue flowers.[↗](../../tureen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table?[↗](../../tureen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **turf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short grass and the layer of soil and roots under it.[↗](../../turf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A square piece of this, cut to lay on the ground to make a lawn.[↗](../../turf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Your own area or place that you feel belongs to you, such as a gang's streets or a team's home ground.[↗](../../turf/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To cover ground with turf.[↗](../../turf/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (UK, informal verb) «turf out»: to throw someone or something out roughly.[↗](../../turf/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Horse racing in general, «the turf».[↗](../../turf/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Turf can also mean dried peat cut from a bog and burned as fuel.[↗](../../turf/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gardeners laid fresh turf on the football pitch.[↗](../../turf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bought twenty rolls of turf for the back garden.[↗](../../turf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team played well on their home turf.[↗](../../turf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep off the new turf until it grows roots.[↗](../../turf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The caretaker turfed us out of the hall at five.[↗](../../turf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two gangs fought a turf war in the film.[↗](../../turf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Artificial turf does not need mowing.[↗](../../turf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Next day Jack was to go clamp turf on the bog.[↗](../../turf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **turkey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turkey is a large bird kept on farms, with a red wobbly piece of skin on its neck.[↗](../../turkey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Turkey is the meat of this bird, often eaten at Christmas or Thanksgiving.[↗](../../turkey/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Turkey (with a capital T) is a country between Europe and Asia.[↗](../../turkey/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, US) A turkey is a failure, like a very bad film or show.[↗](../../turkey/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Go cold turkey» (informal) means to stop a habit suddenly and completely.[↗](../../turkey/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had roast turkey for Christmas dinner.[↗](../../turkey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The turkey gobbled at the farmer.[↗](../../turkey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cook a turkey for 40 minutes for each kilogram.[↗](../../turkey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A turkey sandwich is my favourite lunch.[↗](../../turkey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Istanbul is the biggest city in Turkey.[↗](../../turkey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That film was a real turkey; nobody liked it.[↗](../../turkey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad gave up chocolate cold turkey.[↗](../../turkey/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was much larger than a turkey.[↗](../../turkey/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **turkic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turkic describes a family of related languages, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghur and Tatar.[↗](../../turkic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It also describes the peoples who speak these languages and their cultures.[↗](../../turkic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turkish and Kazakh are both Turkic languages.[↗](../../turkic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turkic peoples live from Turkey to Siberia.[↗](../../turkic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Turkic languages are written in Latin or Cyrillic letters.[↗](../../turkic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Crimean Tatars speak a Turkic language.[↗](../../turkic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Words in Turkic languages are built by adding many endings.[↗](../../turkic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Uzbek is the Turkic language with the most speakers after Turkish.[↗](../../turkic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turkish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turkish means from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in Europe and partly in Asia, or its people.[↗](../../turkish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey and by many people in Cyprus and around the world.[↗](../../turkish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is used in names of foods and things.[↗](../../turkish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Turkish delight (a soft sweet dusted with sugar), Turkish coffee, a Turkish bath.[↗](../../turkish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She speaks Turkish and English at home.[↗](../../turkish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Edmund ate Turkish delight in the story.[↗](../../turkish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to a Turkish restaurant for kebabs.[↗](../../turkish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turkish coffee is very strong and thick.[↗](../../turkish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Istanbul is the biggest Turkish city.[↗](../../turkish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turkish uses the same alphabet as English with some extra letters.[↗](../../turkish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was easy to believe after this that the princess was really going to marry a Turkish angel.[↗](../../turkish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **turmeric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turmeric is a bright yellow-orange spice made from the dried and ground root of a plant in the ginger family.[↗](../../turmeric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is used in curries and to colour food.[↗](../../turmeric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turmeric makes the rice yellow.[↗](../../turmeric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum added a spoon of turmeric to the curry.[↗](../../turmeric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turmeric stained my fingers orange.[↗](../../turmeric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turmeric comes from a root, like ginger.[↗](../../turmeric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In science, turmeric paper turned red with soap.[↗](../../turmeric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, turmeric stains are hard to wash out.[↗](../../turmeric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turmoil** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A turmoil is a state of great confusion, worry or noisy disorder.[↗](../../turmoil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.[↗](../../turmoil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turmoil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.[↗](../../turmoil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turmoil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them.[↗](../../turmoil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turmoil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was in turmoil after the storm.[↗](../../turmoil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I looked down upon the turmoil of Paris.[↗](../../turmoil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Amid all the noise and turmoil, she felt watched by mild eyes.[↗](../../turmoil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns.[↗](../../turn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To turn means to change direction: turn left.[↗](../../turn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A turn is your chance to do something in a game or in order: it's your turn.[↗](../../turn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To turn means to become: the leaves turn red; she turned 9 (became 9 years old).[↗](../../turn/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To turn a page is to move it to see the next one.[↗](../../turn/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A turn is a movement around: a quarter turn, a half turn, a full turn.[↗](../../turn/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To turn something on means to switch it on, like a light or a machine.[↗](../../turn/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each player has 3 turns.[↗](../../turn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She turned 20 pages.[↗](../../turn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheel makes 10 turns a minute.[↗](../../turn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom turned 9 last week.[↗](../../turn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A quarter turn is a right angle.[↗](../../turn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Take turns on the swing.[↗](../../turn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn left at the corner.[↗](../../turn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Please turn off the lights when you leave.[↗](../../turn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn the leaves turn orange.[↗](../../turn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Let's turn it on," she said.[↗](../../turn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.[↗](../../turn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; (Torah GEN.27.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.[↗](../../turn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Doth one turn away, and not return?[↗](../../turn/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He that pursueth words, they turn against him.[↗](../../turn/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · When I would turn the captivity of My people, (Prophets HOS.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turn/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **turnest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «turnest» means «you turn», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns.[↗](../../turnest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If thou turnest to flee, he will overtake thee.[↗](../../turnest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (The Lilac Fairy Book) **turneth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns.[↗](../../turneth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.[↗](../../turneth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.6, JPS 1917) **turning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bend or corner where a road or path changes direction.[↗](../../turning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of turning something round.[↗](../../turning/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The road had many turnings.[↗](../../turning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the second turning on the left.[↗](../../turning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The path wound through turnings and bends.[↗](../../turning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.[↗](../../turning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the Turning, and fortified them.[↗](../../turning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.26.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto the Turning and unto the corner.[↗](../../turning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.3.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turnip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turnip is a round root vegetable with white flesh and a white and purple skin.[↗](../../turnip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK informal, old) Calling someone a turnip means they are stupid.[↗](../../turnip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad grows turnips in his garden.[↗](../../turnip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Enormous Turnip was too big to pull up.[↗](../../turnip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had mashed turnip with our dinner.[↗](../../turnip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep eat turnips in winter.[↗](../../turnip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Children carved scary faces in turnips for Halloween.[↗](../../turnip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A turnip is a root vegetable.[↗](../../turnip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Go! count the turnips in yonder meadow.[↗](../../turnip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **turnkey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A jailer who unlocks and locks the doors of a prison.[↗](../../turnkey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The turnkey locked the cell door.[↗](../../turnkey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The turnkey spoke to his prisoners.[↗](../../turnkey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I ran into the house of the turnkey.[↗](../../turnkey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **turnout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Turnout is the number of people who come to an event, or who vote in an election.[↗](../../turnout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, old-fashioned) A turnout can also mean the way someone is dressed.[↗](../../turnout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A turnout is a place at the side of a road where cars can pull over (USA).[↗](../../turnout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a great turnout for the school fair.[↗](../../turnout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Voter turnout was 67 per cent.[↗](../../turnout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Despite the rain, the turnout at the match was good.[↗](../../turnout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Low turnout means many people did not vote.[↗](../../turnout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were pleased with the turnout at the bake sale.[↗](../../turnout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The truck stopped at a turnout on the mountain road.[↗](../../turnout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turnpike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A road with a toll gate, where travellers paid money to pass.[↗](../../turnpike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The toll-keeper stood at the turnpike gate.[↗](../../turnpike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each carriage paid a toll at the turnpike.[↗](../../turnpike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach stopped at the turnpike.[↗](../../turnpike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **turnspit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A servant, or a small dog, who turned a roasting spit over a kitchen fire.[↗](../../turnspit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The turnspit ran after the chariot.[↗](../../turnspit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cook called the turnspit to turn the roast.[↗](../../turnspit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The turnspit was covered with mud.[↗](../../turnspit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **turntable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turntable is the round flat part of a record player that spins the record.[↗](../../turntable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A turntable is any flat round platform that turns, such as one that turns trains around or a spinning plate in a microwave.[↗](../../turntable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the bowl in the middle of the microwave turntable.[↗](../../turntable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's old turntable plays vinyl records.[↗](../../turntable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The DJ spun records on two turntables.[↗](../../turntable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The steam engine was turned around on a turntable.[↗](../../turntable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake sits on a turntable so you can ice all sides.[↗](../../turntable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The turntable spins round and round.[↗](../../turntable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **turquoise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A blue-green stone used in jewellery.[↗](../../turquoise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A blue-green colour.[↗](../../turquoise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clasp was set with turquoise.[↗](../../turquoise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a turquoise ring.[↗](../../turquoise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea looked turquoise in the sun.[↗](../../turquoise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **turret** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small tower on the top of a castle or large building.[↗](../../turret/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giantess looked out from the turret.[↗](../../turret/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had four turrets.[↗](../../turret/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The great clock was in the turret.[↗](../../turret/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with turrets, whereon there hang a thousand shields, all the armour of the mighty men.[↗](../../turret/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turret/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.[↗](../../turret/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turret/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **turtle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A turtle is a reptile with a hard shell on its back that covers its body; many turtles live in the sea or in rivers and ponds.[↗](../../turtle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In American English, turtle is often used for any animal with this kind of shell, including tortoises.[↗](../../turtle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A small wild dove, not a reptile.[↗](../../turtle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sea turtle laid her eggs in the sand.[↗](../../turtle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turtles pull their heads into their shells.[↗](../../turtle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby turtles crawl to the sea at night.[↗](../../turtle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A turtle must come up to breathe air.[↗](../../turtle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic in the ocean harms turtles.[↗](../../turtle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class pet is a turtle called Speedy.[↗](../../turtle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat turned turtle in the storm.[↗](../../turtle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turtles have no teeth but a sharp beak.[↗](../../turtle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The movement, gentle though it was, woke the turtle.[↗](../../turtle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.[↗](../../turtle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.[↗](../../turtle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.[↗](../../turtle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; (Writings SNG.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.[↗](../../turtle/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtle/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;[↗](../../turtle/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.30, JPS 1917) · "Hither, thither, through the sky, turtle-doves and linnets, fly\![↗](../../turtle/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.[↗](../../turtle/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.14, JPS 1917) **turtledove** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon.[↗](../../turtledove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../turtledove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../turtledove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/54/) **55** [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/56/) [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/57/) [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: 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