📖 T — The English dictionary · page 17

texture — Everyday, meaning 1: Texture is how something feels when you touch it, such as rough, smooth, bumpy or soft.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Texture is also how food feels in your mouth, like crunchy, chewy or creamy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In art and music, texture means the way different parts or layers are put together to make a surface or sound feel rich or simple.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To texture something means to give it a rough or patterned surface.↗ Example: Sandpaper has a rough texture.↗ · The texture of a peach is soft and fuzzy.↗ · I don't like the texture of mushrooms.↗ · We made bark rubbings to show texture in art.↗ · The cake had a light, fluffy texture.↗ · The artist textured the wall with a sponge.↗ · Silk has a smooth, slippery texture.↗ · Their robes were like those worn by mortals, but were perfect in form and much finer in texture.↗

th — Everyday, meaning 1: Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The ending "-th" that makes ordinal numbers: 4th, 5th, 20th.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An abbreviation, for example "Th" for Thursday.↗ Example: "Th" makes the first sound in "thumb".↗ · She came 4th in the race.↗ · One tenth is written 1/10.↗ · The "th" in "this" buzzes.↗ · Today is the 9th.↗ · Write the "th" in "bath" carefully.↗ · The month Nisan begins about March .↗ 29th.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Commentaries by Judah Halevi, and by Eben Ezra, of the 12th century, are also known.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · For lamblichus (Life of Pythagoras, transl. by Th.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

thai — Everyday, meaning 1: Thai means from or about Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia whose capital is Bangkok.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Thai is a person from Thailand.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Thai is the main language of Thailand, with its own alphabet and five tones that change the meaning of words.↗ Example: We had Thai green curry for dinner.↗ · Thai is a tonal language, like Chinese.↗ · At Songkran, Thai people throw water at each other for New Year.↗ · Muay Thai is also called Thai boxing.↗ · Many Thai people are Buddhists.↗ · The Thai alphabet has 44 consonants.↗ · Our class learned to say hello in Thai: "sawasdee".↗

than — Everyday, meaning 1: Than is used when you compare two things: «taller than», «more than».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Than also comes after «rather» and «other»: «rather walk than ride», «anyone other than Ben».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «No sooner … than» means just after: «No sooner had we left than it rained».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) People often say «than me» rather than «than I»: «He's taller than me».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal) Exams say «in excess of», «exceeding», «less than or equal to», «fewer than» and «other than» in long comparisons.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Than can also mean only, as in "no more than five pence".↗ Example: How many more books does Tom have than Ben?↗ · Max has 2 fewer books than Lily.↗ · Anna is 3 years older than Tom.↗ · 9 is greater than 6, so we write 9 > 6.↗ · A whale is bigger than an elephant.↗ · I would rather read than watch TV.↗ · Nobody other than Mia knew the answer.↗ · He's got way more cards than me, like 10 more.↗ · Better than nothing, I s'pose.↗ · You're slower than a snail, hurry up!↗ · By how many does 23 exceed 15?↗ · The number of pupils shall be not less than 20 and not more than 30.↗ · And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.↗ (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.↗ (Torah GEN.4.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.'↗ (Torah GEN.26.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?↗ (Writings JOB.11.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.↗ (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness.↗ (Writings PSA.52.5, JPS 1917)↗

thank — Everyday, meaning 1: To tell someone you are grateful for something they did or gave.↗ e.g. "Thank you!"↗ Everyday, meaning 2: "Thanks" is a short, friendly way to say thank you.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "Thanks to" means because of.↗ e.g. "Thanks to the rain, the garden is green."↗ Example: Thank you for the present.↗ · Thanks for helping me.↗ · I thanked the bus driver.↗ · "More cake?" "↗ No, thank you."↗ · Thanks to her, we won the game.↗ · Thank goodness you're safe!↗ · Write a thank-you note to Grandma.↗ · Thanks a lot!↗ · "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she.↗ · Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.↗ (Writings 1CH.29.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank-offerings unto Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.56.13, JPS 1917)↗ · and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; (Writings 1CH.23.30, JPS 1917)↗

thankest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «thankest» means «you thank», a form of «thank»: To tell someone you are grateful for something they did or gave.↗ e.g. "Thank you!"↗ Example: "Stop," says he, quick as lightning, "I'll help thee and welcome, but if ever thou sayest that to me--if ever thou thankest me, see'st thou, thou 'lt never see me more.↗ (More English Fairy Tales)

thankful — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or something bad did not happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Feeling thanks towards someone.↗ Example: I'm thankful for my friends and family.↗ · We were thankful that nobody was hurt in the storm.↗ · Be thankful for what you have.↗ · She was thankful for the warm soup after the cold walk.↗ · At Thanksgiving we each say one thing we're thankful for.↗ · The farmer was thankful for the rain.↗

thankfully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows you are glad or grateful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Luckily, to say that something good happened.↗ Example: Thankfully, the rain stopped before the picnic.↗ · She thankfully accepted the warm cloak.↗ · Thankfully he ran off and did not look back.↗

thankfulness — Everyday, meaning 1: Thankfulness is the feeling of being grateful and glad for something good that you have or that someone has done for you.↗ Example: She felt deep thankfulness when her lost dog came home.↗ · We wrote notes of thankfulness to the dinner ladies.↗ · (church) Harvest festival is a time of thankfulness for food.↗ · His heart was full of thankfulness for his friends.↗ · Saying grace before meals shows thankfulness.↗ · Thankfulness can make people feel happier.↗ · Accordingly he sent back his salam and expressions of thankfulness.↗

thanks — Everyday, meaning 1: Thanks is a short, friendly way of saying «thank you».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Thanks are words or acts that show you are grateful.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Thanks to someone or something means because of them.↗ Example: Thanks for helping me with my homework.↗ · «Would you like more?»↗ «No, thanks.»↗ · Many thanks for the lovely present.↗ · Thanks to her quick thinking, nobody was hurt.↗ · He left without a word of thanks.↗ · Thanks a lot, that's really kind.↗ · She thanks the bus driver every morning.↗ · "Thanks, Petrusha, for your good word!"↗ · ') I wish to express here oiy thanks to J. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks?↗ (Writings PSA.88.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to His holy name.↗ (Writings PSA.97.12, JPS 1917)↗ · O give thanks unto the God of gods, for His mercy endureth for ever.↗ (Writings PSA.136.2, JPS 1917)↗

thanksgiving — Everyday, meaning 1: Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA (in late autumn) and in Canada (in mid autumn) when families eat a big meal, often turkey, and give thanks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Thanksgiving means saying or showing thanks, especially to God.↗ Example: We eat turkey and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.↗ · Our whole family meets for Thanksgiving dinner.↗ · Happy Thanksgiving!↗ · Canadian Thanksgiving comes earlier in the autumn than the American one.↗ · The church held a service of thanksgiving after the harvest.↗ · At Thanksgiving we each say what we are thankful for.↗ · It was a psalm of praise and thanksgiving.↗ · With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.↗ (Torah LEV.7.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted.↗ (Torah LEV.22.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.↗ (Torah LEV.7.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.↗ (Writings PSA.107.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God; (Writings PSA.147.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High; (Writings PSA.50.14, JPS 1917)↗

that — Everyday, meaning 1: That points to a thing that was named before or that is farther away: «that box over there».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: That joins a sentence to what someone says or thinks: «I know that 2 + 2 is 4».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: That can mean «which» or «who» in a description: «the cake that Mum made».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: That can mean «so» or «very»: «It was not that hard».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «That's it», «that's that» mean it is finished; «and all that» means and similar things.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (rude) «that» can point at someone in a cold or rude way: «Who does that think he is?»; «that's rich» is sarcasm.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Exams use «that which», «such that», «given that», «so that» and «in that» to join facts.↗ Example: That box has 9 pencils.↗ · Tom has 4 more than that.↗ · Is that your coat on the hook?↗ · I think that the answer is 12.↗ · This is the book that I told you about.↗ · Those apples are green, but these are red.↗ · After that, we went home.↗ · That's it, no more biscuits, you've had 4.↗ · It's not that hard, just add 'em.↗ · Don't give me that, you ate 3!↗ · Find a number such that its double is 14.↗ · It is given that the box contains 9 pencils.↗ · That is how I lost it.↗ · These are that Moses and Aaron.↗ (Torah EXO.6.27, JPS 1917)↗ · I know that he can speak well.↗ (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · that the LORD spoke unto me saying: (Torah DEU.2.17, JPS 1917)↗ · They die, and that without wisdom.'↗ (Writings JOB.4.21, JPS 1917)↗ · What knowest thou, that we know not?↗ (Writings JOB.15.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?↗ (Writings JOB.16.3, JPS 1917)↗

thatch — Everyday, meaning 1: Thatch is a roof covering made of straw, reeds or similar dried plants laid thickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To thatch a roof is to cover it with thatch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A thatch of hair is a thick, untidy mass of hair.↗ Example: The cottage had a roof of golden thatch.↗ · The thatcher thatched the roof with reeds.↗ · Birds were nesting in the thatch.↗ · Iron Age roundhouses were covered with thatch.↗ · He had a thick thatch of red hair.↗ · A thatched roof needs replacing every few decades.↗

thatcher — Everyday, meaning 1: A thatcher is a person whose job is to make roofs from straw, reeds or similar dry plants.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Thatcher is an English surname; Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman in that job.↗ Example: The thatcher climbed onto the cottage roof with bundles of reed.↗ · A good thatcher can make a roof that lasts thirty years.↗ · Thatchers use long wooden pegs called spars.↗ · Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK.↗ · Our village still has a thatcher who learned the craft from his father.↗ · The thatcher's ladder leaned against the wall.↗

thaw — Everyday, meaning 1: To thaw is to melt: ice or snow thaws when it gets warmer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To thaw frozen food is to let it become soft and unfrozen before cooking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A thaw is a time of warmer weather when snow and ice melt.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If a person or a relationship thaws, it becomes friendlier after being cold.↗ Example: The snow began to thaw in March.↗ · Thaw the chicken in the fridge overnight.↗ · The ice on the pond thawed in the sun.↗ · After the thaw, the river flooded.↗ · My frozen fingers thawed out by the fire.↗ · Ice thaws at 0 °C.↗ · Their friendship slowly thawed.↗ · The snow that lay upon it was partially thawed, and the stones crumbled beneath the feet.↗ · The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.]↗ Taw-Thaw.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

the — Everyday, meaning 1: The points to a thing you already know about or that has been named.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The is used when there is only one of something: the sun, the sky, the world.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The is used before some names of groups, rivers, oceans and places: the Pacific, the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The before «more … the more» shows two things grow together: «the more you read, the better you get».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «The» is often dropped in quick talk and texts: «bus is late», «kids are fine»; «da» or «teh» are typos or slang spellings.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (formal) Exams pile up «the» in long phrases: «the aggregate of the quantities», «the remainder of the sum».↗ Example: On the board: cups = 1.↗ · The apples are on the table.↗ · How many cards does the boy have now?↗ · The sun is a star.↗ · She is the tallest girl in the class.↗ · We swam in the Atlantic Ocean.↗ · The rest of the cookies are in the jar.↗ · The more you practise, the faster you get.↗ · bus at 8:40, its 8:25 now, how long (no «the» in a text).↗ · The bloody dog ate the last 2 sausages.↗ · The aforementioned crates contain 12 bottles each.↗ · Determine the remainder when the sum is divided by 5.↗ · "Who's there?" asked the old lady.↗ · And God called the firmament Heaven.↗ (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the generations of Noah.↗ (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917)↗ · These are the generations of Shem.↗ (Torah GEN.11.10, JPS 1917)↗ · All the kings thirty and one.↗ (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Is Saul also among the prophets?'↗ (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And the days were not expired; (Prophets 1SA.18.26, JPS 1917)↗