--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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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meaning 1:* Tanzanian means from or to do with Tanzania, a country in East Africa.[↗](../../tanzanian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Tanzanian is a person from Tanzania.[↗](../../tanzanian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Kilimanjaro is a Tanzanian mountain.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our pen pal is Tanzanian and speaks Swahili.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tanzanian children learn in Swahili at primary school.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Serengeti is a famous Tanzanian national park.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We cooked a Tanzanian dish of rice and beans.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Tanzanians live by the coast.[↗](../../tanzanian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **taoiseach** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Ireland) The title of the prime minister, the head of the government, of the Republic of Ireland.[↗](../../taoiseach/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Irish language) The word means "chief" or "leader" in Irish.[↗](../../taoiseach/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Taoiseach spoke to the Dáil about schools.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Taoiseach is the head of the Irish government.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The President of Ireland and the Taoiseach are two different people.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Taoiseach visited the White House on Saint Patrick's Day.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Taoiseach" is an Irish word meaning leader.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new Taoiseach was elected by the Dáil.[↗](../../taoiseach/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tap (UK) is a thing you turn to let water come out (US: faucet).[↗](../../tap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tap means to touch something lightly and quickly.[↗](../../tap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tap is a light knock: a tap on the door.[↗](../../tap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tap a screen is to touch it to choose something.[↗](../../tap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Tap dancing is dancing with metal plates on your shoes.[↗](../../tap/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Tap water is water from the tap.[↗](../../tap/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tap fills 5 liters each minute.[↗](../../tap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A leaking tap drips 2 drops per second.[↗](../../tap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bath fills in 10 minutes with the tap on.[↗](../../tap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She tapped the drum 3 times.[↗](../../tap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth.[↗](../../tap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tap the icon to open the game.[↗](../../tap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone tapped me on the shoulder.[↗](../../tap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the tap water safe to drink here?[↗](../../tap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He knocked at the door--tap, tap.[↗](../../tap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tape** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tape is a thin sticky strip used to stick things together: sticky tape.[↗](../../tape/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tape measure is a long strip with marks used to measure length.[↗](../../tape/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tape is a thin strip of cloth or plastic: red tape, finishing tape.[↗](../../tape/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tape is to stick with tape.[↗](../../tape/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In the past, a tape was a cassette for recording sound or video; to tape is to record.[↗](../../tape/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She used 30 cm of tape for each box.[↗](../../tape/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A roll has 20 meters of tape.[↗](../../tape/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He taped 4 posters to the wall.[↗](../../tape/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure the table with a tape measure.[↗](../../tape/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wrap the present and close it with tape.[↗](../../tape/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The winner ran through the tape at the finish line.[↗](../../tape/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Police tape kept people away.[↗](../../tape/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad taped the game to watch later.[↗](../../tape/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon after this it chanced that the poor widow sent her children to the town to purchase cotton, needles, ribbon, and tape.[↗](../../tape/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **taper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taper is a long thin candle, used for lighting other candles or lamps.[↗](../../taper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To taper is to become gradually narrower towards one end, like a pointed pencil.[↗](../../taper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The taper flickered in the dark hall.[↗](../../taper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She lit the tapers on the table.[↗](../../taper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tower tapers to a point at the top.[↗](../../taper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **tapestry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A heavy piece of cloth with a picture or pattern made by weaving or sewing coloured threads, hung on a wall.[↗](../../tapestry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) A rich mixture of many different things: «a tapestry of cultures».[↗](../../tapestry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings.[↗](../../tapestry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle walls were covered with old tapestries.[↗](../../tapestry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapestries helped keep cold stone rooms warm.[↗](../../tapestry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a tapestry from scraps of wool.[↗](../../tapestry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · London is a rich tapestry of cultures and languages.[↗](../../tapestry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tapestry shows hunters, dogs and a deer.[↗](../../tapestry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · See, I and my maidens have been weaving their figures into this piece of tapestry."[↗](../../tapestry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tapioca** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tapioca is a starch made from the root of the cassava plant; it comes as flour, flakes or small white balls (pearls).[↗](../../tapioca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tapioca (pudding) is a sweet milky pudding made with tapioca pearls.[↗](../../tapioca/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma made tapioca pudding with milk.[↗](../../tapioca/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bubble tea has tapioca pearls at the bottom.[↗](../../tapioca/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapioca comes from the cassava root.[↗](../../tapioca/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children used to call tapioca «frogspawn».[↗](../../tapioca/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tapioca balls turned clear as they cooked.[↗](../../tapioca/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapioca flour is used in gluten-free bread.[↗](../../tapioca/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tapir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tapir is a large, plant-eating animal shaped a bit like a pig, with a short, bendy nose (snout) like a tiny trunk.[↗](../../tapir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tapirs live in forests of Central and South America and South-East Asia, and are good swimmers.[↗](../../tapir/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tapir uses its bendy snout to grab leaves.[↗](../../tapir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby tapirs have stripes like a watermelon.[↗](../../tapir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tapir hid in the river to escape the jaguar.[↗](../../tapir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapirs are related to horses and rhinos.[↗](../../tapir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Malayan tapir is black and white.[↗](../../tapir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapirs are in danger because the rainforest is shrinking.[↗](../../tapir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then there is the story of how the tortoise pretended that he was stronger than the tapir.[↗](../../tapir/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tapped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hit something lightly and quickly.[↗](../../tapped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Touched a screen or button with a finger.[↗](../../tapped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Used something useful, like water, energy or talent: «tapped into».[↗](../../tapped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Secretly listened to a phone line.[↗](../../tapped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Drew liquid out of something, such as a tree or barrel.[↗](../../tapped/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (slang, «tapped out») Having no money left or being very tired; (slang, «tapped») a bit mad.[↗](../../tapped/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Tapped can also mean opened something, such as a barrel, to get out what is inside.[↗](../../tapped/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Someone tapped on my shoulder.[↗](../../tapped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She tapped the screen to open the game.[↗](../../tapped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He tapped his foot to the music.[↗](../../tapped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers tapped water from deep underground.[↗](../../tapped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The maple trees were tapped for syrup.[↗](../../tapped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy's phone was tapped.[↗](../../tapped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) I'm tapped out — I spent all my pocket money.[↗](../../tapped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher tapped the board with a pen.[↗](../../tapped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she tapped the next cask, and out came a bushel of gold pieces.[↗](../../tapped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tapping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tapping is hitting something lightly and quickly, often again and again, like tapping on a window.[↗](../../tapping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tapping is touching a phone or tablet screen lightly to choose something.[↗](../../tapping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tapping is using a supply of something, like tapping a tree for sap or tapping water.[↗](../../tapping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Phone tapping is secretly listening to someone's phone calls.[↗](../../tapping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Someone was tapping on the window.[↗](../../tapping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She kept tapping her pencil on the desk.[↗](../../tapping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were tapping our feet to the music.[↗](../../tapping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tapping the icon opens the game.[↗](../../tapping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodpecker was tapping on the tree.[↗](../../tapping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was tapping me on the shoulder to get my attention.[↗](../../tapping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers in Canada collect maple syrup by tapping trees.[↗](../../tapping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop tapping; it's distracting.[↗](../../tapping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a soft cautious tapping on the door of his tree.[↗](../../tapping/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **taproom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taproom is a room in an old inn or pub where drinks are served from barrels.[↗](../../taproom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travellers went into the taproom to get warm.[↗](../../taproom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old taproom smelt of beer and wood smoke.[↗](../../taproom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **taproot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A taproot is a large main root that grows straight down into the ground, with smaller roots growing off it.[↗](../../taproot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Carrots, parsnips, radishes and dandelions have taproots.[↗](../../taproot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A carrot is a taproot that stores food.[↗](../../taproot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dandelions are hard to pull up because of their long taproot.[↗](../../taproot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grass has fibrous roots, but a carrot has a taproot.[↗](../../taproot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The oak tree's taproot grows deep to find water.[↗](../../taproot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a taproot and label the side roots.[↗](../../taproot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parsnips and radishes are taproots too.[↗](../../taproot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tar is a thick, black, sticky liquid made from coal, wood or oil, which goes hard when it cools.[↗](../../tar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tar is used to make roads, to waterproof roofs and boats.[↗](../../tar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tar is also the harmful sticky stuff in cigarette smoke that damages the lungs.[↗](../../tar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To tar something is to cover it with tar.[↗](../../tar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workers spread hot tar on the road.[↗](../../tar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I got tar on my feet at the beach.[↗](../../tar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking puts tar into your lungs.[↗](../../tar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof was covered with tar to keep the rain out.[↗](../../tar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, sailors were called «Jack Tars» because of the tar on their clothes.[↗](../../tar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The road was tarred last summer.[↗](../../tar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot tar can burn your skin, so keep away.[↗](../../tar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Oh, don’t tar and feather me, please\![↗](../../tar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tarantula** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tarantula is a large, hairy spider that lives in warm places, such as deserts and rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.[↗](../../tarantula/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some people keep tarantulas as pets.[↗](../../tarantula/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tarantula has eight hairy legs.[↗](../../tarantula/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tarantula hid in its burrow during the day.[↗](../../tarantula/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin has a pet tarantula called Fuzzy.[↗](../../tarantula/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarantulas are spiders, so they are arachnids, not insects.[↗](../../tarantula/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tarantula moved slowly across the glass tank.[↗](../../tarantula/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some tarantulas flick itchy hairs when they are scared.[↗](../../tarantula/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never pick up a wild spider you don't know.[↗](../../tarantula/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · \[67\] Mizgir, a venomous spider, like the Tarantula, found in the Kirghiz Steppes.[↗](../../tarantula/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tardigrade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tardigrade is a tiny, eight-legged animal, usually less than 1 millimetre long, that lives in water, moss and soil and can survive extreme conditions.[↗](../../tardigrade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tardigrade is smaller than a full stop.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tardigrades are also called water bears.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked for tardigrades in wet moss with a microscope.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tardigrades survived a trip into outer space.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dried-out tardigrade can come back to life in water.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tardigrades have eight stubby legs with claws.[↗](../../tardigrade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tardiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Tardiness is being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a meeting.[↗](../../tardiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tardiness can mean being slow to do something.[↗](../../tardiness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school sent a letter home about my tardiness.[↗](../../tardiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tardiness means missing the start of lessons.[↗](../../tardiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her tardiness made the whole team wait.[↗](../../tardiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher said tardiness must improve this term.[↗](../../tardiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Traffic is no excuse for tardiness every day.[↗](../../tardiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach does not accept tardiness at practice.[↗](../../tardiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tardy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tardy means late, arriving after the right time: «Don't be tardy for class».[↗](../../tardy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tardy means slow to act or happen.[↗](../../tardy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (USA, school) A tardy is a mark against you for arriving late, as in «I got three tardies».[↗](../../tardy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If you are tardy, sign in at the office.[↗](../../tardy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tardy bell rang and the hall was empty.[↗](../../tardy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a tardy because the bus broke down.[↗](../../tardy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was tardy three times this week.[↗](../../tardy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tardy reply came weeks after the letter.[↗](../../tardy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Three tardies mean a detention at our school.[↗](../../tardy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **target** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A target is a thing you aim at and try to hit, like the circle in archery or darts.[↗](../../target/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A goal or result you try to reach: a target of 20 books.[↗](../../target/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A person or thing that is attacked or criticised.[↗](../../target/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To target is to aim at or choose someone or something for an action.[↗](../../target/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hit the middle of the target.[↗](../../target/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My target is to read 20 books this year.[↗](../../target/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Throw the beanbag at the target.[↗](../../target/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We are on target to finish by lunch.[↗](../../target/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the four numbers to make the target number.[↗](../../target/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers target people who are online a lot.[↗](../../target/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert targets children.[↗](../../target/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The shooters were thronging round the target, and Rudy was soon amongst them.[↗](../../target/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.[↗](../../target/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.10.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../target/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target; (Writings 2CH.9.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../target/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **tariff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country.[↗](../../tariff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A tariff is a list of prices or charges, for example for electricity, phone calls, hotel rooms or trains.[↗](../../tariff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The country put a tariff on imported steel.[↗](../../tariff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tariffs make foreign goods more expensive in the shops.[↗](../../tariff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum switched to a cheaper phone tariff.[↗](../../tariff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel tariff is on the board by the door.[↗](../../tariff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A 10% tariff on a 200 dollar bike adds 20 dollars.[↗](../../tariff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The electricity tariff is 30p for each unit.[↗](../../tariff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tarmac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tarmac is a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of crushed stones mixed with tar.[↗](../../tarmac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The tarmac» often means the area of an airport where planes park and take off.[↗](../../tarmac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The playground is covered in tarmac.[↗](../../tarmac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers laid new tarmac on our road.[↗](../../tarmac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane sat on the tarmac for an hour.[↗](../../tarmac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarmac gets very hot in summer, so dogs shouldn't walk on it at midday.[↗](../../tarmac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He grazed his knee on the tarmac.[↗](../../tarmac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain made the tarmac shiny and slippery.[↗](../../tarmac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tarnish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To tarnish is when metal like silver, brass or copper loses its shine and gets dull or dark, because of the air.[↗](../../tarnish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tarnish someone's name or reputation is to make people think less well of them.[↗](../../tarnish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Tarnish is the dull, dark layer that forms on metal.[↗](../../tarnish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma's silver spoons have tarnished.[↗](../../tarnish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleaned the tarnished pennies with vinegar and salt.[↗](../../tarnish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The brass doorknob is covered in tarnish.[↗](../../tarnish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheating tarnished the team's good name.[↗](../../tarnish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold does not tarnish easily.[↗](../../tarnish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scandal tarnished the king's reputation.[↗](../../tarnish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman returned in the night and knew by the tarnished thread what had happened in her absence.[↗](../../tarnish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taro** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taro is a tropical plant grown for its large, starchy root (corm), which is cooked and eaten like a potato.[↗](../../taro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Its big leaves are heart-shaped and can also be cooked.[↗](../../taro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Taro is also the food made from this root, and its purple-grey flavour in bubble tea and desserts.[↗](../../taro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Taro is also a Japanese first name, as in Urashima Taro.[↗](../../taro/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Taro is an important food in the Pacific Islands.[↗](../../taro/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Hawaii, taro is mashed to make poi.[↗](../../taro/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I tried purple taro bubble tea.[↗](../../taro/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Taro must be cooked before you eat it.[↗](../../taro/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The taro plant has huge heart-shaped leaves.[↗](../../taro/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum fried some taro chips.[↗](../../taro/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned that taro grows in wet, warm places.[↗](../../taro/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “This is Urashima Taro, from the country of Japan.[↗](../../taro/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/7/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/5/) - next →: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/7/) - ↑ back to [The 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