--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/7/) [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 7 [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/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/8/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **tarot** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A set of picture cards used for fortune-telling and games, with special pictures such as the Fool and the Tower.[↗](../../tarot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs.[↗](../../tarot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../tarot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **tarpan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The tarpan was a wild horse that lived in Europe and western Asia, including the steppes of Ukraine and Russia; it is now extinct.[↗](../../tarpan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The last known tarpan died in a zoo in Russia in 1909.[↗](../../tarpan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tarpan was a wild horse of Europe.[↗](../../tarpan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarpans once ran across the steppes of southern Ukraine.[↗](../../tarpan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The last tarpan died in 1909.[↗](../../tarpan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunting and farming helped make the tarpan extinct.[↗](../../tarpan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Konik ponies look a bit like the tarpan.[↗](../../tarpan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tarpan had a dark stripe down its back.[↗](../../tarpan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about the tarpan in our lesson on extinct animals.[↗](../../tarpan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tarry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) To tarry is to stay somewhere for a while or to wait before going on.[↗](../../tarry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) To tarry is to be slow to act, or to delay.[↗](../../tarry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tarry with me for a while.[↗](../../tarry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight did not tarry at the gate.[↗](../../tarry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did you tarry so long?[↗](../../tarry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; (Torah GEN.27.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.'[↗](../../tarry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not.[↗](../../tarry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?[↗](../../tarry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'[↗](../../tarry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.[↗](../../tarry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tarry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tarsier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tarsier is a tiny primate from islands in South-East Asia, such as the Philippines and Borneo, with huge round eyes, long back legs and a long thin tail.[↗](../../tarsier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Each tarsier eye is about as big as its brain.[↗](../../tarsier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tarsier has eyes as big as its brain.[↗](../../tarsier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarsiers hunt insects at night.[↗](../../tarsier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A tarsier can turn its head almost right round.[↗](../../tarsier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tarsier leaps from tree to tree on its long legs.[↗](../../tarsier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarsiers live on islands in South-East Asia.[↗](../../tarsier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Loud noise and camera flashes can stress tarsiers, so visitors must be quiet.[↗](../../tarsier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tarsus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The tarsus is the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot (science).[↗](../../tarsus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In birds and insects, the tarsus is a part of the leg near the foot.[↗](../../tarsus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tarsus is also the name of an old city (now in Turkey); in the Bible, Saint Paul came from Tarsus.[↗](../../tarsus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tarsus is made of seven small bones.[↗](../../tarsus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The heel bone is part of the tarsus.[↗](../../tarsus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bird's tarsus is the thin part of its leg above the toes.[↗](../../tarsus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An insect's tarsus helps it grip leaves.[↗](../../tarsus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians read that Paul was born in Tarsus.[↗](../../tarsus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the X-ray of my tarsus was fine.[↗](../../tarsus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tart** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tart is an open pie made of pastry with a sweet or savoury filling, like jam or fruit.[↗](../../tart/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Tart means sour or sharp in taste, like a lemon or a green apple.[↗](../../tart/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) A tart reply is short and unkind.[↗](../../tart/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, UK) To tart something up is to decorate it or make it look nicer quickly.[↗](../../tart/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rude, offensive) Tart is an insulting word for a woman; do not use it.[↗](../../tart/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made jam tarts in cooking club.[↗](../../tart/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The apple tart was cut into eight equal slices.[↗](../../tart/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These green apples taste a bit tart.[↗](../../tart/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lemon juice gives the sauce a tart flavour.[↗](../../tart/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm busy,» she said in a tart voice.[↗](../../tart/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They tarted up the old shop with fresh paint.[↗](../../tart/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker sold 24 tarts and had 6 left.[↗](../../tart/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls.[↗](../../tart/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tartan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tartan is a pattern of coloured stripes crossing each other at right angles, making squares; it is woven into woollen cloth, especially in Scotland.[↗](../../tartan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tartan is one particular pattern belonging to a Scottish clan (family group), region or organisation.[↗](../../tartan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tartan describes things made of this cloth: a tartan kilt, a tartan scarf.[↗](../../tartan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wore a tartan kilt at the wedding.[↗](../../tartan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every Scottish clan has its own tartan.[↗](../../tartan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma wrapped a tartan rug around her knees.[↗](../../tartan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tartan pattern has lines that cross at right angles.[↗](../../tartan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class designed a new tartan for our school.[↗](../../tartan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tartan Army sang loudly at the football match.[↗](../../tartan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shortbread tin was covered in red tartan.[↗](../../tartan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tartan was once banned in the Scottish Highlands for a time.[↗](../../tartan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem.[↗](../../tartan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.18.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tartan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; (Prophets ISA.20.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tartan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **tartar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tartar is a hard yellowish coating that builds up on teeth if they are not cleaned well.[↗](../../tartar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tartar sauce (also tartare) is a creamy sauce with pickles, often eaten with fish.[↗](../../tartar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.[↗](../../tartar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (history) A Tartar (more correctly Tatar) is a member of a Turkic people of Russia and Central Asia; Crimean Tatars are a people of Crimea in Ukraine.[↗](../../tartar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (old-fashioned) A tartar is a fierce, bad-tempered person.[↗](../../tartar/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dentist scraped the tartar off my teeth.[↗](../../tartar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brushing twice a day helps stop tartar building up.[↗](../../tartar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I like tartar sauce with my fish fingers.[↗](../../tartar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a pinch of cream of tartar to the egg whites.[↗](../../tartar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Crimean Tatars were forced from their homes long ago.[↗](../../tartar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old housekeeper was a real tartar.[↗](../../tartar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Get me a surety," says the Tartar.[↗](../../tartar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **tartaric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Tartaric describes tartaric acid, a natural acid found in grapes, bananas and tamarinds; it is used in cooking, baking powder (as cream of tartar) and making wine.[↗](../../tartaric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tartaric acid is found in grapes.[↗](../../tartaric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cream of tartar comes from tartaric acid.[↗](../../tartaric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sherbet fizzes because the tartaric or citric acid meets the bicarbonate of soda.[↗](../../tartaric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tartaric acid gives some sweets a sour taste.[↗](../../tartaric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We listed acids in food: citric, tartaric and malic.[↗](../../tartaric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Winemakers measure tartaric acid in grapes.[↗](../../tartaric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tartly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when someone is annoyed and speaks briefly.[↗](../../tartly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «You are late again,» she said tartly.[↗](../../tartly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered tartly that the dog was not his fault.[↗](../../tartly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **tarzan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Tarzan is a made-up character created by the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" (1912): a boy raised by apes in the African jungle who grows up very strong and swings through the trees on vines.[↗](../../tarzan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Disney made a cartoon film of him in 1999.[↗](../../tarzan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A Tarzan is a very strong, muscly man, often said as a joke.[↗](../../tarzan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tarzan swung through the jungle on long vines.[↗](../../tarzan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother did a Tarzan yell from the climbing frame.[↗](../../tarzan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, Tarzan is raised by apes.[↗](../../tarzan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Disney's "Tarzan" has songs by Phil Collins.[↗](../../tarzan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Okay, Tarzan, put the sofa down," laughed Mum.[↗](../../tarzan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tied a Tarzan swing to the big oak tree.[↗](../../tarzan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tarzan and Jane meet in the jungle.[↗](../../tarzan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **task** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A task is a piece of work that someone has to do, often given by someone else.[↗](../../task/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be tasked with something is to be given a job to do (formal).[↗](../../task/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Take someone to task» means to tell them off for something they did.[↗](../../task/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your first task is to read the story.[↗](../../task/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Feeding the cat is my task every morning.[↗](../../task/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay on task, please.[↗](../../task/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This task is harder than the last one.[↗](../../task/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Break a big task into smaller parts.[↗](../../task/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class finished the task in ten minutes.[↗](../../task/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Each group had a different task.[↗](../../task/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The third task was the hardest.[↗](../../task/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'[↗](../../task/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work (Torah GEN.49.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.'[↗](../../task/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.[↗](../../task/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to task-work, but did in no wise drive them out.[↗](../../task/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.1.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.[↗](../../task/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../task/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **taskmaster** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who sets hard work for others and makes sure they do it.[↗](../../taskmaster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.[↗](../../taskmaster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taskmaster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying: (Torah EXO.5.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taskmaster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'[↗](../../taskmaster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taskmaster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.[↗](../../taskmaster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taskmaster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **tasmanian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tasmanian means from or about Tasmania, the island state in the south of Australia.[↗](../../tasmanian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Tasmanian is a person from Tasmania.[↗](../../tasmanian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Tasmanian devil is a small, fierce black marsupial that lives only in Tasmania.[↗](../../tasmanian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) was a striped marsupial that is now extinct.[↗](../../tasmanian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Tasmanian devil screeched in the dark.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We met a Tasmanian family on the ferry.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tasmanian apples are sold all over Australia.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Tasmanian tiger is extinct, but people still claim to see one.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is Tasmanian and loves bushwalking.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tasmanian forests have some of the tallest trees in the world.[↗](../../tasmanian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tassel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tassel is a bunch of threads or strings tied together at the top and hanging loose at the bottom, used for decoration on cushions, curtains, hats or bookmarks.[↗](../../tassel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tassel is also the tuft of flowers at the top of a maize (corn) plant.[↗](../../tassel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her scarf has tassels at each end.[↗](../../tassel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made tassels from wool in craft club.[↗](../../tassel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At graduation he moved his tassel to the left.[↗](../../tassel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The curtains were tied back with gold tassels.[↗](../../tassel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bookmark has a red tassel.[↗](../../tassel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tassels on top of the corn shed pollen.[↗](../../tassel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a cap with a long tassel on his head, and Russian boots with red tops on his feet.[↗](../../tassel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **taste** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The flavour of food or drink in your mouth.[↗](../../taste/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a sweet taste".[↗](../../taste/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sense that lets you notice flavours, mainly with your tongue.[↗](../../taste/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to try a little food or drink to find its flavour.[↗](../../taste/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to have a certain flavour.[↗](../../taste/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It tastes salty."[↗](../../taste/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* What a person likes.[↗](../../taste/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She has good taste in music."[↗](../../taste/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A small try.[↗](../../taste/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a taste of life in Canada".[↗](../../taste/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lemon tastes sour.[↗](../../taste/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Taste the soup and add salt if needed.[↗](../../taste/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We taste with our tongue.[↗](../../taste/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never taste berries you don't know.[↗](../../taste/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I like the taste of strawberries.[↗](../../taste/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has great taste in clothes.[↗](../../taste/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That joke was in bad taste.[↗](../../taste/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Your taste buds are on your tongue.[↗](../../taste/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch took a spoonful and tasted it.[↗](../../taste/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.[↗](../../taste/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taste/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man.[↗](../../taste/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../taste/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Sebat in the year, and the gullet in man.[↗](../../taste/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../taste/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?[↗](../../taste/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taste/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.[↗](../../taste/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taste/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.[↗](../../taste/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../taste/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **tasteless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tasteless food has little or no flavour.[↗](../../tasteless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something tasteless is rude, unkind or not suitable, like a tasteless joke.[↗](../../tasteless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tasteless can describe clothes or decorations that look cheap or ugly.[↗](../../tasteless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pure water is colourless, odourless and tasteless.[↗](../../tasteless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup was tasteless, so we added salt.[↗](../../tasteless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When I had a cold, everything was tasteless.[↗](../../tasteless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Making fun of someone's illness is a tasteless joke.[↗](../../tasteless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hospital food was a bit tasteless.[↗](../../tasteless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some poisonous gases are tasteless and odourless, so we use alarms.[↗](../../tasteless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘No,’ he replied, ‘the dishes are carefully cooked and sent up, but they are all so dreadfully tasteless.’[↗](../../tasteless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/8/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)