--- title: T — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 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/8/) [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 8 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) **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/) - [transmitted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmitted/) — Sent out a signal, such as radio, TV, phone or internet. — 13 sentences - [transmute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmute/) — To transmute means to change something completely into something different, in form or nature. — 10 sentences - [transparency](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transparency/) — Transparency is being see-through, letting light pass so you can see clearly through, like glass or clean water. — 10 sentences - [transparent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transparent/) — Clear, so that you can see through it clearly. — 13 sentences - [transpiration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transpiration/) — The way plants lose water as water vapour through tiny holes in their leaves. — 8 sentences - [transplant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transplant/) — noun (medicine). — 15 sentences - [transport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transport/) — noun. — 15 sentences - [transportation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transportation/) — Moving people or goods from one place to another. — 9 sentences - [transporter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transporter/) — A transporter is a large vehicle that carries other vehicles or heavy loads, like a car transporter lorry. — 10 sentences - [transversely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transversely/) — Transversely means across, lying or moving from side to side, at a right angle to the length of something. — 9 sentences - [trap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trap/) — A trap is a device for catching animals, such as a mousetrap. — 12 sentences - [trapped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapped/) — Trapped means caught so that you cannot get away or get out. — 12 sentences - [trapper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapper/) — A trapper is a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially for their fur. — 8 sentences - [trapping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trapping/) — Trapping means catching animals in traps. — 12 sentences - [trappist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trappist/) — A Trappist is a Catholic monk or nun of a strict order (the Cistercians of the Strict Observance), known for prayer, hard work and long pe… — 9 sentences - [trash](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trash/) — Trash is rubbish, things you throw away (US, Canada). — 14 sentences - [trauma](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trauma/) — A very upsetting or frightening experience that can hurt someone's mind and feelings for a long time. — 9 sentences - [travail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travail/) — Travail is very hard, tiring work or effort. — 13 sentences - [travel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travel/) — To travel means to go from one place to another, often a long way. — 13 sentences - [traveler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traveler/) — A person who is making a journey, often far from home. — 4 sentences - [travelled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelled/) — Went from one place to another, especially far away. — 10 sentences - [traveller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traveller/) — A traveller is a person who goes on a trip from one place to another, or who travels a lot. — 12 sentences - [travelling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/travelling/) — Travelling means going from one place to another, especially far away, on a trip or journey. — 12 sentences - [traverse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traverse/) — To traverse a place is to travel across or through it. — 12 sentences - [tray](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/) — A tray is a flat board with low edges for carrying food, cups or plates. — 13 sentences - [treacherous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treacherous/) — Treacherous describes a person who betrays people who trust them, like a traitor. — 10 sentences - [treachery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treachery/) — Betraying someone who trusts you; being disloyal or false. — 9 sentences - [treacle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treacle/) — A thick, sticky, dark sweet syrup made when sugar is refined; black treacle is very dark, golden syrup is a light kind. Americans call it… — 11 sentences - [tread](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tread/) — To walk or step on something, often pressing it down. — 15 sentences - [treadmill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treadmill/) — A treadmill is an exercise machine with a moving belt that you walk or run on without going anywhere. — 10 sentences - [treadwheel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treadwheel/) — A large wheel turned by people or animals walking on steps or boards inside or around it, used in the past to grind corn or pump water. — 9 sentences - [treason](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/) — Treason is the crime of betraying your own country, for example by helping its enemies or trying to overthrow its ruler or government. — 11 sentences - [treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treasure/) — Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden. — 12 sentences - [treasurer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treasurer/) — The person in a club, school council, charity or organisation who looks after the money, keeps records of what comes in and goes out, and… — 8 sentences - [treasury](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treasury/) — The government department that manages a country's money, taxes and spending. — 10 sentences - [treat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treat/) — To behave towards someone or something in a certain way: «Treat others kindly». — 14 sentences - [treater](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/) — A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice. — 8 sentences - [treatise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treatise/) — A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail. — 4 sentences - [treatment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treatment/) — Treatment is the care given by a doctor, nurse or other helper to make someone better when they are ill or injured. — 12 sentences - [treaty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treaty/) — A written agreement between countries or nations, for example to end a war, to trade or to share land. — 8 sentences - [treble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treble/) — To treble is to become three times as big, or to make something three times as big. — 12 sentences - [trebuchet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trebuchet/) — A trebuchet is a huge medieval siege machine like a giant catapult that throws heavy stones over castle walls, powered by a heavy counterw… — 8 sentences - [tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tree/) — A tree is a tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches and leaves. — 13 sentences - [treeless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treeless/) — Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees. — 8 sentences - [treetop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treetop/) — A treetop is the highest part of a tree, its top branches and leaves. — 8 sentences - [trefoil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/) — A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover. It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes. — 5 sentences - [trek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/) — noun. — 11 sentences - [trellis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trellis/) — A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up. To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame. — 5 sentences - [tremble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremble/) — To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak. — 11 sentences - [tremendous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendous/) — Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise. — 10 sentences - [tremendously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremendously/) — Tremendously means very much or enormously. — 4 sentences - [tremor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremor/) — A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground. — 9 sentences - [tremulous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/) — Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age. — 4 sentences - [trench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trench/) — A trench is a long, narrow, deep ditch dug in the ground, for pipes, drains or building foundations. — 11 sentences - [trend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trend/) — A general direction in which something is changing or developing: «a trend towards healthier eating». — 11 sentences - [trespass](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trespass/) — To go onto someone's land or into a building without permission. — 10 sentences - [trespassing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trespassing/) — Going onto someone's land or into a building without permission. — 7 sentences - [tress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tress/) — A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down. — 4 sentences - [trestle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trestle/) — A trestle is a frame with legs, often a beam on two pairs of sloping legs, used to hold up a table top or plank. — 9 sentences - [trey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/) — A trey is a card, dice face or domino with three spots. — 8 sentences - [triage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triage/) — Triage is deciding the order in which sick or injured people are treated, based on who needs help most urgently, as in a hospital emergenc… — 10 sentences - [trial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trial/) — A trial is when a court, with a judge and often a jury, decides if someone is guilty of a crime. — 14 sentences - [triangle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangle/) — A triangle is a flat shape with three straight sides and three corners (angles). A triangle has 3 sides. — 14 sentences - [triangular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/) — Triangular means shaped like a triangle, with three sides and three corners. — 11 sentences - [tribal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribal/) — Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders. — 9 sentences - [tribe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribe/) — A tribe is a group of families and people who share the same ancestors, language, customs and way of life, often with their own leader. — 12 sentences - [tribunal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/) — A special kind of court or group of officials who decide on a particular kind of problem, such as work disputes or tax arguments. — 10 sentences - [tributary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tributary/) — A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a bigger river or a lake. — 9 sentences - [tribute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribute/) — A tribute is something said, done or given to show respect, thanks or admiration for someone: «a tribute to the nurses». — 11 sentences - [trice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trice/) — A trice is a very short time, a moment. 'In a trice' means at once, very quickly. — 5 sentences - [triceps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triceps/) — The triceps is the big muscle at the back of your upper arm, which straightens your arm at the elbow. — 7 sentences - [triceratops](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triceratops/) — A large plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its face and a big bony frill around the back of its head. — 8 sentences - [trick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trick/) — Something done to fool or cheat someone. — 14 sentences - [trickery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickery/) — Trickery is using tricks to deceive or cheat people, making them believe something false. — 11 sentences - [trickle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickle/) — To trickle is for a liquid to flow slowly in a thin line or small drops. — 12 sentences - [trickster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trickster/) — A trickster is a person who tricks or cheats people, often to get their money. — 8 sentences - [tricky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tricky/) — Tricky means difficult and needing care or skill («a tricky question»). — 11 sentences - [tricycle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tricycle/) — A tricycle is a small bike with three wheels, one at the front and two at the back. — 10 sentences - [trident](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/) — A trident is a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three prongs. — 12 sentences - [tried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tried/) — Past of «try»: made an effort to do something (I tried to lift the box). — 13 sentences - [trifle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trifle/) — A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit or jelly, custard and cream, popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. — 12 sentences - [trigger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trigger/) — A trigger is the small lever on a gun or tool that you pull to make it work. — 12 sentences - [trike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trike/) — A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children. — 9 sentences - [trill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trill/) — A trill is a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing. — 10 sentences - [trillion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trillion/) — A trillion is a million millions: 1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the power of 12 — a 1 followed by 12 zeros. — 10 sentences - [trilobite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trilobite/) — A trilobite was a sea animal with a hard, jointed shell and many legs that lived about 520 to 250 million years ago; trilobites are now ex… — 9 sentences - [trim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trim/) — To trim means to cut a little off to make something neat: trim the hedge, trim your hair. — 14 sentences - [trimmed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmed/) — Trimmed means cut a little to make it neat or tidy, such as trimmed hair, hedges or nails. — 12 sentences - [trimmer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimmer/) — A trimmer is a tool or machine for cutting hedges, grass edges, hair or beards neatly. — 9 sentences - [trimming](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trimming/) — Trimming means cutting a little off something to make it tidy: trimming a hedge, trimming hair. — 13 sentences - [trinity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trinity/) — The Trinity is the Christian belief that there is one God who is three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. — 9 sentences - [trinket](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trinket/) — A trinket is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery. — 4 sentences - [trio](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trio/) — A trio is a group of three people or things. — 8 sentences - [trip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trip/) — A trip is a journey to a place and back, often short: a school trip. — 14 sentences - [triple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triple/) — Triple means three times as much or as many. — 12 sentences - [triplet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triplet/) — One of three children born to the same mother at the same time. — 11 sentences - [tripod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripod/) — A stand with three legs used to hold a camera, telescope or other equipment steady. — 10 sentences - [tripping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tripping/) — Tripping means catching your foot on something so that you stumble or fall. — 13 sentences - [trireme](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trireme/) — A trireme was a long, fast wooden warship of ancient Greece, Phoenicia and Rome, rowed by about 170 men sitting in three rows, one above a… — 9 sentences - [triton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/) — Triton is a sea god in the myths of ancient Greece, half man and half fish, who blows a conch shell like a trumpet. — 12 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) **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/)