📖 T — The English dictionary · page 16

testament — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) The Old Testament and the New Testament are the two main parts of the Christian Bible: the Old Testament has the Hebrew scriptures, and the New Testament tells of Jesus and the early Church.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A testament to something is clear proof of it: «The bridge is a testament to their hard work».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) A will, especially in the phrase «last will and testament».↗ Example: Noah's ark is a story from the Old Testament.↗ · The New Testament begins with the four Gospels.↗ · Her medal is a testament to years of practice.↗ · The old castle stands as a testament to the builders' skill.↗ · Grandad wrote his last will and testament.↗ · Jews call their holy book the Tanakh, which Christians call the Old Testament.↗ · Our class read a parable from the New Testament.↗ · Then she would read in the Old Testament, that treasure and comfort to her people, and it was indeed the only Scriptures she could read.↗ · The Hebrew grammarians under Arabic influence came to believe that tliose rules of ortho- graphy which the Arab grammarians invented for the language of the Koran hold good also for the language of the Old Testament.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

tester — Everyday, meaning 1: A tester is a person whose job is to test things, like games, apps, food or cars, to find problems.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tester is a small sample of a product, such as perfume or paint, that you can try before you buy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tester can be a tool or device for testing, such as a battery tester.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A tester is the canopy or cover over the top of a four-poster bed.↗ Example: The game tester found a bug in level three.↗ · Mum tried a perfume tester in the shop.↗ · We bought small paint testers to choose a colour.↗ · The battery tester showed the battery was flat.↗ · Testers check that toys are safe for children.↗ · Software testers try to break programs on purpose.↗ · So when Jan came home, she up and said to him, "Jan, what is that bag of groats on the tester for?"↗

testify — Everyday, meaning 1: To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight.↗ Example: The boy was ready to testify in court.↗ · The witnesses testified that they saw the man.↗ · The old stones testify to a long history.↗ · Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.↗ (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917)↗ · he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law.↗ (Torah DEU.32.46, JPS 1917)↗ · Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.↗ (Writings JOB.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.↗ (Prophets AMO.3.13, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I. (Writings PSA.50.7, JPS 1917)↗

testimony — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) A formal statement of what someone saw or knows, given in a court of law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Evidence or proof that something is true: «Her medals are testimony to her hard work».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) A personal story a Christian tells about how faith changed their life; (Bible) the Ten Commandments are sometimes called the testimony.↗ Example: The witness gave testimony in court about the accident.↗ · Her shiny trophies are testimony to years of practice.↗ · The judge listened carefully to each testimony.↗ · At church, Mrs Brown shared her testimony about how faith helped her through illness.↗ · The detective did not believe the man's testimony.↗ · The old bridge is a testimony to the skill of its builders.↗ · “If you object to the testimony of the chief person present, in what way are we to obtain evidence?” the king demanded.↗ · the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover; (Torah EXO.39.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.↗ (Torah EXO.25.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, (Torah EXO.30.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.↗ (Writings PSA.119.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.↗ (Writings PSA.119.36, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.↗ (Writings PSA.119.129, JPS 1917)↗

testosterone — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Testosterone is a hormone, a chemical messenger in the body.↗ Men and boys have much more of it, but women and girls have some too.↗ It helps the body grow muscles and bones and causes many changes in boys during puberty, like a deeper voice and facial hair.↗ Example: Testosterone is a hormone.↗ · During puberty, testosterone makes boys' voices deeper.↗ · Girls have some testosterone too, just less.↗ · Athletes are not allowed to take extra testosterone.↗ · Hormones like testosterone travel in the blood.↗ · Testosterone helps build muscle and bone.↗

testudo — Everyday, meaning 1: (history) A testudo was a Roman army formation: soldiers stood close together and held their shields in front of them and over their heads, like a tortoise's shell, to protect themselves from arrows and stones.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Testudo is the scientific name of a group of tortoises, such as the Greek tortoise and Hermann's tortoise.↗ Example: The legionaries formed a testudo to protect themselves.↗ · In the testudo, the soldiers' shields made a roof.↗ · Testudo is Latin for tortoise.↗ · Our class made a testudo with cardboard shields.↗ · The arrows bounced off the testudo.↗ · Hermann's tortoise belongs to the genus Testudo.↗

tet — Everyday, meaning 1: Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family visits, special food, flowers and red envelopes of lucky money.↗ It is a Vietnamese word, not an English one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tet is also the name of the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט), also written «teth».↗ Example: Linh's family celebrates Tết with sticky rice cakes.↗ · Tết is the Vietnamese New Year.↗ · Children get red envelopes with lucky money at Tết.↗ · Houses are decorated with peach blossoms for Tết.↗ · We learned about Tết and Chinese New Year in class.↗ · The Tet Offensive was an important event in the Vietnam War.↗ · Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · == Chapter 5 == [5:1] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · He made the letter Tet reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Leo in the World, and Av in the Year, and the the right kidney in the Person.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

tetanus — Everyday, meaning 1: Tetanus is a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and dust and can get into the body through a cut or wound; it makes muscles stiff and tight, especially in the jaw.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tetanus jab is an injection (vaccine) that protects you from this illness.↗ Example: Tetanus germs live in soil.↗ · I had a tetanus jab at the doctor's.↗ · Clean any cut you get in the garden.↗ · After stepping on a nail, he needed a tetanus booster.↗ · Tetanus makes the jaw muscles very tight.↗ · Vaccines protect children from tetanus.↗ · Tetanus used to be called lockjaw.↗ · Tell an adult if you cut yourself on something dirty.↗

tethered — Everyday, meaning 1: To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way.↗ Example: The goat was tethered to a tree.↗ · He untied the rope that tethered the horse.↗ · The reindeer stayed tethered by the door.↗

tetra — Everyday, meaning 1: A tetra is a small, often brightly coloured freshwater fish from South America or Africa, popular in home aquariums, such as the neon tetra.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tetra- at the start of a word means four, as in tetrahedron (a solid with four faces) and tetrapod (an animal with four limbs).↗ Example: We have six neon tetras in our fish tank.↗ · Tetras like to swim together in a shoal.↗ · A tetrahedron is a pyramid with four triangle faces.↗ · The neon tetra has a shiny blue stripe.↗ · Frogs, lizards, birds and people are all tetrapods.↗ · Feed the tetras a small pinch of flakes.↗ · The pet shop sells tetras, guppies and goldfish.↗ · Rittangelius gives "credidit in Tetra- grammaton," but this word is not in the Hebrew.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The vowel letters, however, the letters of the Tetra- grammaton, are images and pictures of superior angels.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

tetrad — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A group of four things.↗ Example: Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Tetrad, Tctractys, (jualer- nian number, is the most peit'ect.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

tetragrammaton — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The four-letter name of God in Hebrew, Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh.↗ Example: The Elohim — divine powers — not IHVH the Tetragrammaton, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

texan — Everyday, meaning 1: A person from Texas, a big state in the south of the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) From or to do with Texas: a Texan ranch, a Texan accent.↗ Example: My cousin is a Texan and says "y'all".↗ · Texans are proud of their huge state.↗ · We ate Texan barbecue with brisket.↗ · The rancher was a tall Texan in a cowboy hat.↗ · "Howdy!" is a typical Texan greeting.↗ · Many Texans speak both English and Spanish.↗

text — Everyday, meaning 1: Text is written words, like the words in a book or on a screen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A text is a piece of writing, like a story, poem, article or set of instructions you read in class.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A text (text message) is a short written message sent from one phone to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To text someone means to send them a text message.↗ Example: Read the text and answer the questions.↗ · Underline the adjectives in the text.↗ · Mum sent me a text to say she was running late.↗ · Can you text me when you get home?↗ · The text on the screen was too small to read.↗ · Instructions are a non-fiction text type.↗ · Find evidence in the text to support your answer.↗ · Never reply to texts from strangers.↗ · My sister texted her friend all evening.↗ · There are a few Greek words in this text.↗ · Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm .↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.↗ +by+Isidor+Kalisch.↗ +New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

textbook — Everyday, meaning 1: A book used by pupils and students to study a subject.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal».↗ Example: Please open your maths textbooks at page 32.↗ · My science textbook has great pictures of the solar system.↗ · The pilot made a textbook landing.↗ · That was a textbook example of good teamwork.↗ · I left my textbook at school.↗ · The textbook explains fractions step by step.↗ · If each textbook weighs 800 g, five textbooks weigh 4 kg.↗

textile — Everyday, meaning 1: A textile is any cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted or made from threads, such as cotton, wool or silk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Textiles is also a school subject or craft where you design and make things from fabric.↗ Example: Cotton and wool are natural textiles.↗ · In textiles class we sewed a cushion.↗ · The town grew around a big textile mill in the 1800s.↗ · Polyester is a man-made textile.↗ · Many children worked in textile factories long ago.↗ · This museum shows textiles from all over the world.↗ · Recycling old textiles keeps clothes out of landfill.↗

textual — Everyday, meaning 1: Textual means to do with a text, the actual written words of a book, poem or document.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Textual evidence is words or lines taken from a text to support what you say about it.↗ Example: Use textual evidence to show how the character feels.↗ · The teacher wanted a quote as textual evidence.↗ · Textual clues tell us the story is set in winter.↗ · Scholars compare old copies of the Bible for textual differences.↗ · Our textual analysis looked at the poet's word choices.↗ · There were small textual changes in the new edition.↗ · Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗