--- title: T — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 description: The 969 words of the school 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/school/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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / T # T — The school dictionary · page 6 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/10/) - [tissue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/) — A tissue is a soft, thin piece of paper used to blow or wipe your nose. — 12 sentences - [tit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tit/) — A tit is a small, lively bird, such as the blue tit or great tit, common in gardens in the UK and Europe. — 11 sentences - [titan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titan/) — The Titans were giant, powerful gods in Greek myths who ruled before Zeus and the Olympian gods defeated them. — 11 sentences - [titania](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titania/) — Titania is the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's play «A Midsummer Night's Dream», the wife of Oberon. — 9 sentences - [titanic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titanic/) — Extremely big, strong or important; huge. — 10 sentences - [titanium](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titanium/) — Titanium is a strong, light, silver-grey metal, a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. — 9 sentences - [tithe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tithe/) — A tithe is one tenth of what a person earns or grows, given to the church or to God. — 12 sentences - [title](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/title/) — The name of a book, film, song, picture or piece of writing. — 15 sentences - [titmouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titmouse/) — A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods. (old use). — 5 sentences - [titter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/) — To titter is to laugh quietly in a nervous, silly or slightly rude way, often trying not to. — 9 sentences - [tlc](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tlc/) — TLC stands for «tender loving care»: kind, gentle attention given to someone or something that needs it. — 7 sentences - [to](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/) — To shows where something goes or who gets it: «go to school», «give it to Sam». — 22 sentences - [toad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toad/) — A toad is a small animal like a frog, an amphibian, usually with dry, bumpy skin and short legs that make it walk or hop rather than leap. — 10 sentences - [toadstool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/) — A toadstool is a fungus with a round cap on a stalk, like a mushroom; the word is often used for kinds that are poisonous or not eaten, li… — 9 sentences - [toady](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toady/) — A person who flatters and obeys a powerful person too much, to get favours; a creep (informal). — 8 sentences - [toast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toast/) — Toast is bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating. — 14 sentences - [toaster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toaster/) — A toaster is a small electric kitchen machine that browns slices of bread by heating them. — 9 sentences - [tobacco](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tobacco/) — Tobacco is a plant whose dried leaves are smoked in cigarettes, cigars and pipes, or chewed. — 8 sentences - [toboggan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toboggan/) — A toboggan is a long, narrow sledge without runners, with a curled-up front, used for sliding down snowy hills; in everyday use it is ofte… — 10 sentences - [tobogganing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tobogganing/) — Tobogganing is the activity of sliding down snowy hills on a toboggan or sledge. — 9 sentences - [toby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toby/) — Toby is a boy's name. — 9 sentences - [today](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/today/) — Today is this day, the day that is now. — 10 sentences - [toddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddle/) — To toddle is to walk with short, wobbly steps, the way a small child who has just learned to walk does. — 8 sentences - [toddler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/) — A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about one to three years old. — 9 sentences - [toe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toe/) — A toe is one of the five parts at the end of your foot, like fingers on your hand. — 12 sentences - [toenail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toenail/) — The hard, thin, flat covering on the top of the end of each toe, like a fingernail but on your foot. — 9 sentences - [toffee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toffee/) — A hard or chewy brown sweet made by boiling sugar and butter. — 9 sentences - [tofu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tofu/) — Tofu is a soft white food made from soya milk pressed into blocks, eaten a lot in China, Japan and other Asian countries and by vegetarians. — 9 sentences - [together](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/together/) — Together means with each other, in one place or at the same time: «We play together». — 20 sentences - [toggle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toggle/) — A toggle is a short piece of wood, plastic or metal used like a button: it is pushed through a loop to fasten a coat or bag, as on a duffe… — 12 sentences - [togs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/) — Togs are swimming costumes, swimmers. — 8 sentences - [toil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toil/) — To toil is to work very hard for a long time, usually at tiring work. — 11 sentences - [toilet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toilet/) — A large bowl with a seat that you use to get rid of wee and poo, then flush with water. — 12 sentences - [toilette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toilette/) — Toilette is the process of washing, dressing and doing your hair, as in making her toilette. — 12 sentences - [token](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/) — A token is a round piece of metal or plastic used instead of a coin, for example in games or machines. — 13 sentences - [tolerable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerable/) — Tolerable means fairly good, not great but good enough to be pleased with. — 6 sentences - [tolerably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerably/) — Tolerably means fairly well or quite; not very well, but well enough. — 6 sentences - [tolerance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/) — Tolerance is accepting and respecting people whose beliefs, ways of life or opinions are different from yours, even if you disagree. — 11 sentences - [tolerant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/) — Accepting and respecting other people's beliefs, ways of life or opinions, even when they are different from yours. — 9 sentences - [tolerate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerate/) — To allow something you do not like or agree with, without stopping it. — 10 sentences - [toleration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toleration/) — Allowing beliefs, customs or behaviour that you may not agree with, without trying to stop them. — 9 sentences - [toll](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toll/) — A toll is money you must pay to use a road, bridge or tunnel. — 13 sentences - [tom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tom/) — A male cat; also a tomcat. — 11 sentences - [tomahawk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomahawk/) — A tomahawk is a light axe with a short handle, used as a tool or a weapon by some Native American peoples. — 6 sentences - [tomato](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomato/) — A tomato is a soft, round, juicy fruit, usually red, which is eaten raw in salads or cooked in sauces and soups. — 9 sentences - [tomb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomb/) — A tomb is a grave or a stone room where a dead body is laid, often with a big stone or monument over it. — 9 sentences - [tombola](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tombola/) — A tombola is a game at a fair where people buy tickets and win a prize if their ticket number matches one on a prize. — 9 sentences - [tomboy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomboy/) — A tomboy is a girl who likes doing things that people used to think were only for boys, such as climbing trees, rough games and football,… — 9 sentences - [tombstone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tombstone/) — A tombstone is a large flat stone over or at the end of a grave, with the name of the person buried there and often words about them. — 9 sentences - [tomcat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomcat/) — A tomcat (or tom) is a male cat. — 8 sentences - [tomorrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tomorrow/) — Tomorrow is the day after today. — 11 sentences - [ton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ton/) — A ton is a large unit of weight. In the UK an old ton is 2,240 pounds (long ton); in the US a ton is 2,000 pounds (short ton). — 14 sentences - [tonal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonal/) — Tonal means to do with tone: the sound, pitch or quality of something. — 9 sentences - [tone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tone/) — Tone is the way something sounds, like a voice that is kind, angry or bossy. — 14 sentences - [tongs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tongs/) — Tongs are a tool with two long arms joined at one end, used to pick up and hold things, such as food on a barbecue, salad, ice cubes or ho… — 12 sentences - [tongue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tongue/) — The tongue is the soft, movable part inside your mouth that you use to taste, eat and speak. — 14 sentences - [tonic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonic/) — Tonic, or tonic water, is a fizzy drink with a slightly bitter taste. — 12 sentences - [tonight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonight/) — Tonight means this evening or this night, the one coming at the end of today. — 10 sentences - [tonne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonne/) — A tonne is a unit of mass equal to one thousand kilograms. — 10 sentences - [tons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tons/) — Tons, or "tons of", means a lot, a great amount. — 18 sentences - [tonsil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsil/) — One of two small soft lumps at the back of your throat, one on each side, which help fight germs. — 7 sentences - [tonsillitis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/) — Tonsillitis is an illness where the tonsils, two lumps of soft tissue at the back of the throat, become infected and swollen, causing a so… — 7 sentences - [too](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/too/) — Too means also, as well. — 26 sentences - [tool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tool/) — A tool is an object you hold and use to do a job, like a hammer, saw, screwdriver or spade. — 11 sentences - [toolbox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toolbox/) — A toolbox is a box for keeping and carrying tools such as a hammer, screwdrivers and a tape measure. — 8 sentences - [toot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toot/) — To toot is to make a short, high sound with a horn or whistle. — 11 sentences - [tooth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/) — One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and chew food. — 11 sentences - [toothache](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toothache/) — Toothache is a pain in or around a tooth. — 9 sentences - [toothbrush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toothbrush/) — A toothbrush is a small brush with a long handle that you use with toothpaste to clean your teeth. — 9 sentences - [toothless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toothless/) — Toothless means having no teeth, or having lost teeth: a toothless baby, a toothless grin. — 11 sentences - [toothpaste](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toothpaste/) — Toothpaste is a soft paste that you put on a toothbrush to clean your teeth. — 8 sentences - [toothpick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toothpick/) — A toothpick is a small thin stick of wood or plastic with a point, used to remove bits of food from between your teeth. — 9 sentences - [top](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/) — The top is the highest part of something: the top of the hill. — 16 sentences - [topaz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topaz/) — Topaz is a hard, clear gemstone, often golden-yellow, brown, blue or pink, used in jewellery. — 9 sentences - [topic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topic/) — A topic is the subject that people talk, write or learn about. — 10 sentences - [topknot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topknot/) — A topknot is hair tied in a knot or bun on the top of the head. — 8 sentences - [topmost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/) — Topmost means highest, at the very top of something. — 5 sentences - [topped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/) — Topped means covered on top with something, like «a cake topped with cream». — 10 sentences - [topping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topping/) — A topping is food put on top of another food: pizza toppings, an ice-cream topping, a crumble topping. — 14 sentences - [topple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topple/) — To topple is to become unsteady and fall over, or to push something so that it falls. — 10 sentences - [topsoil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/) — Topsoil is the top layer of soil, usually dark, rich and full of nutrients, where most plants grow their roots. — 8 sentences - [toque](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toque/) — A toque (also tuque) is a knitted winter hat, often with a bobble on top; a beanie. — 8 sentences - [tor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tor/) — A tor is a small hill topped with a pile of bare, weathered rock, especially in south-west England on Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. — 9 sentences - [torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torah/) — The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), which Jews believe God gave to M… — 9 sentences - [torch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torch/) — In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a torch is a small electric light you hold in your hand and that works with batteries; in t… — 12 sentences - [torchlight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torchlight/) — Torchlight is the light from a torch. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand a torch is a battery light you hold (a flashlight in t… — 10 sentences - [tore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/) — Tore is the past of «tear»: pulled something apart or made a hole or rip in it. — 11 sentences - [torment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torment/) — Great pain or suffering, in body or mind. — 12 sentences - [tormentor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tormentor/) — A tormentor is a person who causes pain, fear or trouble to someone, often on purpose and over and over. — 5 sentences - [torn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/) — Torn is the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn. — 11 sentences - [tornado](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tornado/) — A tornado is a very strong, spinning column of wind that reaches from a storm cloud down to the ground, shaped like a funnel. — 10 sentences - [torpedo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torpedo/) — A torpedo is a long, cigar-shaped weapon that moves underwater by itself and explodes when it hits a ship. — 11 sentences - [torpid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torpid/) — Torpid means sluggish and inactive, as if asleep or too lazy and slow to move. — 5 sentences - [torpor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torpor/) — Torpor is a state of being very sleepy, slow and inactive, without energy. — 10 sentences - [torrent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/) — A torrent is a fast, strong rush of water, like a stream in flood. — 7 sentences - [torrid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrid/) — Very hot and dry: a torrid summer, torrid desert. — 8 sentences - [torso](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/) — The torso is the main part of the human body, not counting the head, arms and legs; the chest, stomach and back. — 8 sentences - [tort](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tort/) — A tort is a wrong done to someone, such as hurting them through carelessness or damaging their property, for which they can sue in a civil… — 8 sentences - [tortilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/) — A tortilla is a thin, flat, round bread made from maize (corn) or wheat flour, from Mexico, used for tacos, wraps and burritos. — 8 sentences - [tortoise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortoise/) — A tortoise is a slow animal with a hard, high shell that lives on land and can pull its head and legs inside the shell. — 10 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/10/)