📖 T — The English dictionary · page 30

timid — Everyday, meaning 1: Shy and nervous, easily frightened, not brave or confident.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not daring or strong: «a timid attempt».↗ Example: The timid kitten hid under the bed.↗ · She was timid on her first day at school.↗ · Deer are timid and run away from people.↗ · He gave a timid knock on the door.↗ · The new boy was too timid to ask for help.↗ · With kindness, the timid dog learnt to trust us.↗ · Hares, as you know, are very timid.↗

timidity — Everyday, meaning 1: Being shy, nervous and easily frightened; lack of courage or confidence.↗ Example: Out of timidity, Ella didn't put her hand up, though she knew the answer.↗ · The rabbit's timidity kept it hidden in the bushes.↗ · Sam overcame his timidity and asked to join the game.↗ · The teacher was patient with the new boy's timidity.↗ · His timidity disappeared when he talked about dinosaurs.↗ · Timidity is natural in a new place.↗ · The Lion, however, wouldn't be comforted, and was so ashamed of his timidity that he wished he might die.↗

timidly — Everyday, meaning 1: Timidly means in a shy, nervous, frightened way, without confidence.↗ Example: The new girl timidly raised her hand.↗ · «May I come in?» asked Mole timidly.↗ · The deer timidly stepped out of the wood.↗ · Alice timidly began to explain.↗ · He knocked timidly on the head teacher's door.↗ · The puppy timidly sniffed my hand.↗ · “What was that?” she asked timidly.↗

timing — Everyday, meaning 1: Timing is choosing the right moment to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Timing is measuring how long something takes, for example with a stopwatch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In music, sport and jokes, timing is doing things exactly on the beat or at the best moment.↗ Example: You arrived just as dinner was ready — perfect timing!↗ · We were timing how long the candle took to burn down.↗ · Good timing helps you catch a ball.↗ · The joke was funny because of his timing.↗ · Asking for a puppy during the argument was bad timing.↗ · In the race, Mr Lee was timing us with a stopwatch.↗ · The drummer's timing kept the whole band together.↗ · Timing matters when you cross the road at a crossing.↗

timorous — Everyday, meaning 1: Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous.↗ (old use, in fairy tales).↗ Example: He crept on with timorous steps.↗ · The timorous mouse hid under the leaves.↗ · Do not be so timorous; the dog is friendly.↗

timothy — Everyday, meaning 1: Timothy is a boy's or man's name (a name); short forms are Tim and Timmy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) Timothy was a young friend and helper of the apostle Paul; two letters in the New Testament, 1 and 2 Timothy, were written to him.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Timothy (timothy grass) is a kind of grass grown for hay, fed to horses, rabbits and guinea pigs.↗ Example: Timothy is in my class and he loves dinosaurs.↗ · Paul wrote two letters to Timothy, which are in the New Testament.↗ · Timothy learned about God from his mum and his grandma.↗ · Our rabbit eats timothy hay every day.↗ · Timothy grass grows tall in the farmer's fields.↗ · Everyone calls him Tim, but his full name is Timothy.↗ · Guinea pigs need lots of timothy hay to keep their teeth healthy.↗ · Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.↗

timpani — Everyday, meaning 1: Timpani are large, round, bowl-shaped drums made of copper with skin or plastic stretched over the top, played with soft-headed sticks in an orchestra; they are also called kettledrums.↗ Unlike most drums, each one can be tuned to play a particular note.↗ Example: The timpani boomed like thunder at the end of the piece.↗ · The timpanist tuned the drums with foot pedals.↗ · Timpani are also called kettledrums.↗ · An orchestra usually has two to five timpani.↗ · The timpani roll made the music feel scary.↗ · Each timpano can play a different note.↗ · We saw the timpani at the back of the orchestra.↗

tin — Everyday, meaning 1: Tin is a soft, silvery-white metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tin is a metal container with a lid, for keeping food like biscuits or cake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a tin is a sealed metal can of food, like a tin of beans; Americans say «can».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Tin can describe something made of thin metal, like a tin roof.↗ Example: Pass me a tin of tomatoes.↗ · Grandma keeps biscuits in a round tin.↗ · Grease the cake tin before you pour the mix.↗ · Bronze is made from copper and tin.↗ · Put the empty tins in the recycling bin.↗ · Rain was drumming on the tin roof.↗ · Be careful, the edge of an open tin is sharp.↗ · The Tin Man wanted a heart.↗ · Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, (Torah NUM.31.22, JPS 1917)↗ · The Hebrew letters according to the Arabic order would be as follows 'in 'J DO'' "Dp r)Syti *"iB' Di Tin;. r2N.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.12, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto Me; all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.18, JPS 1917)↗

tinder — Everyday, meaning 1: Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire.↗ (old use).↗ Example: Have you got the tinder? asked the witch.↗ · Dry leaves make good tinder.↗ · The spark fell onto the tinder and it glowed.↗

tinderbox — Everyday, meaning 1: A tinderbox is an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light fires.↗ (old use).↗ Example: Hallo, said the soldier, this is a pleasant tinderbox!↗ · He struck a spark from the tinderbox.↗ · Lighting a candle with a tinderbox took ages.↗

tine — Everyday, meaning 1: A tine is one of the pointed prongs of a fork, rake or garden fork.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tine is also one of the pointed branches of a deer's antler.↗ Example: One tine of my fork is bent.↗ · A garden fork has four strong tines.↗ · The stag's antlers had twelve tines.↗ · Push the tines of the rake through the leaves.↗ · Be careful: the tines of a pitchfork are sharp.↗ · The fork's tines left lines in the mashed potato.↗ · Count the tines to see how many points the antlers have.↗

ting — Everyday, meaning 1: A ting is a short, high, clear ringing sound, like a small bell or a spoon tapping a glass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ting is to make that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK slang, from London and Jamaican speech) Ting means «thing»: «It's a whole ting», «a peng ting».↗ Example: The microwave went ting!↗ · She tapped her glass — ting, ting — to make a speech.↗ · The bike bell gave a cheerful ting.↗ · (slang) «That new game is a whole ting, innit.»↗ · (slang) «Grab your tings, we're leaving.»↗ · A coin fell on the floor with a ting.↗ · I had concluded tiiat tlie Hebrew alphabet consisted of ten letters with double sounds and twelve tetters with simple sounds; thus represen- ting thirty-two sounds.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

tingle — Everyday, meaning 1: When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tingle with a feeling, such as excitement or fear, means to feel it strongly all over.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tingle is that light prickly feeling.↗ Example: My foot tingled after I sat on it for too long.↗ · Her fingers tingled when she warmed them by the fire.↗ · I tingled with excitement before the school play.↗ · A tingle ran down his spine when he heard the creaky door.↗ · Mint toothpaste makes my mouth tingle.↗ · The cold water made my skin tingle.↗ · If your arm tingles for a long time, tell an adult.↗ · Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him.↗ · And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.↗ (Prophets 1SA.3.11, JPS 1917)↗ · therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.↗ (Prophets 2KI.21.12, JPS 1917)↗

tinker — Everyday, meaning 1: A tinker is a travelling person who mends pots and pans.↗ (old use).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tinker is to fiddle with something, trying to mend or adjust it, often without much skill.↗ Example: The tinker mended our kettle.↗ · Dad likes to tinker with old bikes.↗ · I spent an hour tinkering with the broken clock.↗

tinkle — Everyday, meaning 1: A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tinkle is to make such a sound.↗ Example: The loveliest tinkle of golden bells answered him.↗ · The coins tinkled in my pocket.↗ · I heard a tinkle of bells in the wind.↗

tinkling — Everyday, meaning 1: Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or glass.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) such a sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, childish) Weeing (to tinkle).↗ Example: We heard the tinkling of a bell.↗ · A tinkling stream ran through the wood.↗ · Her tinkling laugh filled the room.↗ · The ice was tinkling in the glasses.↗ · The teacups changed to tinkling sheep-bells.↗ · Wind chimes were tinkling in the breeze.↗ · The little brook went tinkling over the stones.↗ · Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet; (Prophets ISA.3.16, JPS 1917)↗

tinned — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Australia, NZ) Tinned food is food sealed in a metal can to keep it fresh for a long time; in the US people say «canned».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tinned means covered with a thin layer of tin, as tinned steel or tinned copper wire.↗ Example: Mum opened a tin of beans, so we had tinned beans on toast.↗ · We collected tinned food for the food bank.↗ · Tinned peaches taste sweet and syrupy.↗ · Explorers took tinned food to the Antarctic.↗ · Tinned tuna is good in sandwiches.↗ · Check the date on tinned food before eating it.↗ · The electrician used tinned copper wire.↗ · Almost with his last breath he sent the crown to be tinned--and he never lived to pay the tinsmith's bill."↗

tinsel — Everyday, meaning 1: Tinsel is long strings of thin, shiny, glittering material used as decoration, especially at Christmas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tinsel can also mean something that looks bright and exciting but has little real value.↗ Example: We wrapped silver tinsel around the Christmas tree.↗ · The angel in the nativity play wore tinsel as a halo.↗ · Tinsel sparkled in the classroom window.↗ · The cat kept pulling the tinsel off the tree.↗ · In Australia, people hang tinsel even though Christmas is in summer.↗ · The film star's life was all tinsel and no real happiness.↗ · The golden star of tinsel was still on the top of the Tree, and glittered in the sunshine.↗

tinsmith — Everyday, meaning 1: A tinsmith is a person who makes or mends things out of tin, such as pots, lamps and cans.↗ Example: Are any of your people tinsmiths?↗ · The tinsmith made me a leg out of tin.↗ · Our village tinsmith sold lamps and jugs.↗

tint — Everyday, meaning 1: A slight shade of a colour, a pale or light version of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To add a light colour to something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dye used to colour hair.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Dark film on car windows or glasses to keep out sun.↗ Example: The sky had a pink tint as the sun went down.↗ · In art, we made tints by mixing white into blue.↗ · The car has tinted windows.↗ · Her sunglasses are tinted green.↗ · She tinted her hair red for the concert.↗ · (informal) He looks at his childhood through rose-tinted glasses.↗ · The leaves of the forest put on colors of red and gold, and bright tints covered the woodlands.↗

tiny — Everyday, meaning 1: Very, very small.↗ e.g. "a tiny ant".↗ Example: An ant is tiny.↗ · Germs are too tiny to see.↗ · The baby has tiny fingers.↗ · There's a tiny hole in my sock.↗ · Only a tiny bit of cake is left.↗ · A tiny seed grows into a tall tree.↗ · The kitten made a tiny sound.↗ · Sand grains are tiny pieces of rock.↗ · Only under their feet was a tiny dry spot.↗

tip — Everyday, meaning 1: The tip of something is its pointed or thin end, like the tip of your finger or a pencil.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tip is a small piece of useful advice.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tip is extra money you give someone, like a waiter, to thank them for their service.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To tip something means to tilt it so it leans or falls over, or to pour something out by tilting.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In the UK, a tip is a place where rubbish is taken, or a very messy place.↗ Example: Touch the paper with the tip of your pencil.↗ · Here's a tip: read the question twice.↗ · Mum left a tip for the waiter.↗ · Don't tip your chair back or you'll fall.↗ · She tipped the water out of the bucket.↗ · His bedroom is a total tip!↗ · The name is on the tip of my tongue.↗ · A 10% tip on a $20 bill is $2.↗ · There was magic in the tips of her fingers.↗ · And when it was slain, Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.↗ (Torah LEV.8.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗