--- title: T — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / T # T — The school dictionary · page 7 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/6/) **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/) - [tortoiseshell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortoiseshell/) — Tortoiseshell is the hard, brown-and-yellow mottled shell material that comes from the hawksbill sea turtle (not from tortoises), once use… — 12 sentences - [torture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torture/) — Causing great pain to someone on purpose, to punish them or make them say something. — 10 sentences - [toss](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toss/) — To toss means to throw something lightly: toss the ball to me. — 14 sentences - [tot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/) — A very small child, a toddler. — 10 sentences - [total](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/total/) — The total is the whole amount you get when you add everything up. — 21 sentences - [totalled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/totalled/) — Totalled means added up to a number: «the bill totalled ten pounds». — 10 sentences - [totally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/totally/) — Totally means completely, in every way. — 11 sentences - [tote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/) — To tote something is to carry it, especially a heavy load, by hand or on your back. — 5 sentences - [totter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/totter/) — To totter is to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over, because you are weak, old or tired. — 5 sentences - [toucan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toucan/) — A toucan is a tropical bird from Central and South America with black feathers and a huge, brightly coloured beak. — 10 sentences - [touch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touch/) — To put your hand or another part of your body on something. — 18 sentences - [touchdown](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchdown/) — A touchdown is the moment when a plane or spacecraft lands on the ground. — 10 sentences - [touched](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touched/) — Touched means put a hand or part of the body on something, or came into contact with it. — 12 sentences - [touching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touching/) — As part of the verb, touching means putting your hand or another part on something, or being in contact: «Stop touching the paint». — 12 sentences - [touchline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchline/) — The touchline is one of the two long side lines of a football, rugby or hockey pitch; when the ball goes over it, it is out of play. — 8 sentences - [touchstone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchstone/) — A dark stone that people once rubbed gold on to test whether it was real. — 5 sentences - [touchy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/touchy/) — A touchy person gets upset or annoyed very easily. — 10 sentences - [tough](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tough/) — Tough means strong and not easily broken, cut or damaged: «tough boots». — 14 sentences - [toughen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toughen/) — To toughen something is to make it stronger and harder to break or damage. — 9 sentences - [toughness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toughness/) — Toughness is being strong and hard to break, bend or damage. — 10 sentences - [tour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tour/) — A tour is a trip visiting several places, like a tour of a city. — 13 sentences - [tourism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/) — Tourism is the business of people travelling to places for holidays and of providing them with hotels, trips and things to see. — 8 sentences - [tourist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourist/) — A tourist is a person who travels to a place for fun, to see it and visit its sights. — 10 sentences - [tournament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tournament/) — A tournament is a competition with many games or matches, where players or teams try to win. — 11 sentences - [tousled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tousled/) — Untidy and messy, especially of hair: tousled hair looks as if you have just woken up. — 7 sentences - [tout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tout/) — To tout means to try hard to sell something or to praise it loudly, so people will buy or believe it. — 9 sentences - [tow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tow/) — To tow something is to pull it behind a vehicle or boat, using a rope, chain or bar. — 11 sentences - [towel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towel/) — A towel is a piece of thick soft cloth or paper used to dry your body, hands or dishes. — 10 sentences - [towelling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towelling/) — Towelling is a thick, soft, absorbent cotton cloth with little loops, used to make towels, bathrobes and baby bibs. — 9 sentences - [tower](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tower/) — A tower is a tall, narrow building or part of a building, like a castle tower or a clock tower. — 12 sentences - [town](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/town/) — A town is a place where many people live and work, bigger than a village and smaller than a city. — 12 sentences - [townsfolk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townsfolk/) — Townsfolk are the people who live in a particular town, or town people in general as opposed to country people. — 9 sentences - [townspeople](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/townspeople/) — The people who live in a town, especially when thought of all together. — 8 sentences - [towny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towny/) — Towny describes someone or something that belongs to the town, not the countryside, or that likes town life (informal). — 7 sentences - [towpath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/towpath/) — A path along the bank of a river or canal, where horses once walked pulling barges and boats with ropes. — 8 sentences - [toxic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toxic/) — Toxic means poisonous, able to harm or kill living things if swallowed, breathed in or touched. — 9 sentences - [toxicity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toxicity/) — Toxicity is how poisonous or harmful a substance is. — 8 sentences - [toxin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toxin/) — A toxin is a poison, especially one made by a living thing such as a plant, animal, fungus or germ. — 7 sentences - [toy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/) — A toy is a thing children play with, like a doll, a ball, a teddy or a toy car. — 12 sentences - [trace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trace/) — To trace a picture is to copy it by drawing over its lines through thin paper. — 13 sentences - [traceable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traceable/) — Able to be found or followed back to where it started. — 9 sentences - [track](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/track/) — A track is a path or course for running or racing: a running track. — 15 sentences - [tracker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tracker/) — A person who follows the tracks or signs of animals or people to find them. — 11 sentences - [tract](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tract/) — A tract is a large area of land or water. — 10 sentences - [traction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traction/) — Traction is the grip that stops a wheel, shoe or tyre from slipping on a surface. — 11 sentences - [tractor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tractor/) — A tractor is a strong farm vehicle with big back wheels, used to pull ploughs, trailers and other machines. — 9 sentences - [trade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trade/) — Trade is the buying and selling of goods between people, shops or countries. — 13 sentences - [trader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trader/) — A trader is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, such as a market trader. — 10 sentences - [tradesman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tradesman/) — A tradesman is a person with skilled practical work, such as a plumber, electrician or builder. — 9 sentences - [tradition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tradition/) — A custom, belief or way of doing things that has been passed down from older people to younger people for a long time. — 11 sentences - [traditional](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traditional/) — Traditional means done the same way for a long time and passed down from older people to younger people. — 10 sentences - [traditionally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traditionally/) — Traditionally means in the way that has been done for a long time by a family, group or country. — 8 sentences - [traffic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traffic/) — The cars, buses, lorries, bikes and other vehicles moving on roads. — 12 sentences - [tragedy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tragedy/) — A tragedy is a very sad event that causes great suffering, damage or death, like a terrible accident or disaster. — 11 sentences - [tragic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tragic/) — Tragic means very sad, usually because someone has died or suffered something terrible. — 11 sentences - [tragically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tragically/) — Tragically means in a very sad way, usually because someone died or something terrible happened. — 11 sentences - [trail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trail/) — A trail is a path through the countryside, a forest or mountains. — 12 sentences - [trailer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trailer/) — A trailer is a wheeled box or platform pulled behind a car, truck or tractor to carry things or animals. — 11 sentences - [train](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/train/) — A train is a line of railway carriages or wagons pulled by an engine along tracks. — 15 sentences - [trainee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trainee/) — A trainee is a person who is being taught how to do a job. — 7 sentences - [trainer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trainer/) — A person who teaches people or animals to do something, especially a sport or a skill, like a football trainer or a dog trainer. — 11 sentences - [trait](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trait/) — A trait is a quality that is part of someone's character, like being brave, shy or kind. — 11 sentences - [traitor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/) — A traitor is a person who betrays their country, for example by helping its enemies. — 11 sentences - [traitress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitress/) — A woman who betrays a friend, a family or her country (old use for a female traitor). — 3 sentences - [trajectory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trajectory/) — A trajectory is the curved path that a thrown, kicked or fired object follows through the air or space. — 9 sentences - [tram](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tram/) — A tram is a public passenger vehicle that runs on rails along city streets, usually powered by electricity from wires above. — 9 sentences - [tramp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tramp/) — A person with no home or job who wanders from place to place (older word; now people say «homeless person»). — 14 sentences - [trample](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trample/) — To trample something is to step heavily on it and crush or damage it: don't trample the flowers. — 9 sentences - [trampoline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trampoline/) — A trampoline is a strong piece of stretchy material held tight by springs on a frame, which you jump up and down on. — 7 sentences - [trance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trance/) — A state like being half asleep or dreaming, when you are awake but do not notice what is around you. — 11 sentences - [tranquil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tranquil/) — Calm, quiet and peaceful. — 5 sentences - [tranquillity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tranquillity/) — Tranquillity is a calm, quiet, peaceful state, with no noise, hurry or worry. — 10 sentences - [tranquilly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tranquilly/) — In a calm, quiet, unworried way. — 4 sentences - [transact](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transact/) — To carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word). — 4 sentences - [transaction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transaction/) — A transaction is an act of buying or selling something, or of moving money, such as paying in a shop, withdrawing cash or sending money on… — 11 sentences - [transactions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transactions/) — Transactions are acts of buying, selling, paying or moving money, like paying at a till or moving money between bank accounts. — 10 sentences - [transatlantic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transatlantic/) — Transatlantic means crossing the Atlantic Ocean, such as a flight or voyage between Europe and America. — 9 sentences - [transcribed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/) — Wrote down exactly what someone said, or what was recorded. — 11 sentences - [transcript](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcript/) — A written or printed copy of words that were spoken, such as a speech, interview or recording. — 9 sentences - [transcription](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcription/) — A transcription is a written copy of something that was spoken, recorded or written somewhere else. — 11 sentences - [transfer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfer/) — To move someone or something from one place, person or group to another. — 12 sentences - [transferable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transferable/) — Transferable means able to be moved or handed from one person, place or thing to another. — 10 sentences - [transfix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfix/) — To pierce something through with a sharp point, such as a spear. — 4 sentences - [transfixed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfixed/) — Held completely still by fear, wonder or surprise. — 4 sentences - [transform](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transform/) — To transform something is to change it completely, often making it better: the garden was transformed. — 12 sentences - [transformation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/) — A transformation is a big change in how someone or something looks, works or behaves. — 11 sentences - [transformed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformed/) — Transformed means changed completely in shape, look or nature. — 10 sentences - [transformer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformer/) — A transformer is a device that changes the voltage of electricity, making it higher or lower. — 10 sentences - [transgression](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transgression/) — An action that breaks a rule, law or moral code; a wrongdoing. — 9 sentences - [transient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transient/) — Transient means lasting only a short time. — 9 sentences - [transit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transit/) — Transit is the act of carrying people or goods from one place to another: the parcel was lost in transit. — 10 sentences - [transition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transition/) — A transition is a change from one state, place or stage to another. — 11 sentences - [translate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translate/) — To translate is to change words from one language into another. — 10 sentences - [translation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translation/) — Changing words from one language into another. — 13 sentences - [translator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translator/) — A person whose job is to change writing from one language into another. — 10 sentences - [translocate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translocate/) — To translocate is to move something from one place to another, especially to move wild animals or plants to a new home to keep them safe. — 8 sentences - [translucent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/translucent/) — Letting some light pass through, but you cannot see clearly through it. — 8 sentences - [transmissible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/) — Transmissible means able to be passed from one person, animal or thing to another, especially a disease. — 10 sentences - [transmission](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/) — The passing of something from one person, place or thing to another: the transmission of disease. — 10 sentences - [transmit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/) — To send out radio, TV or electronic signals. — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/6/) **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/)