📖 T — The English dictionary · page 4

talkative — Everyday, meaning 1: A talkative person talks a lot, often in a friendly and chatty way.↗ Example: My little sister is very talkative at dinner.↗ · The parrot was so talkative it said hello to everyone.↗ · He is shy at first but talkative with friends.↗ · My report said I am «a little too talkative in class».↗ · Grandpa gets talkative when he tells old stories.↗ · The taxi driver was friendly and talkative.↗ · Now this king was very talkative; while he was speaking, others had no opportunity for a word.↗

talker — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who talks, especially in a certain way: a fast talker, a good talker.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A person who talks a lot.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person who talks about doing things but does not do them: «he's all talk».↗ Example: My little brother is a real talker — he never stops!↗ · She is a good talker and a good listener.↗ · Watch out for smooth talkers who promise too much.↗ · The parrot is a great talker.↗ · He's a big talker, but he never does anything.↗ · The baby was a late talker but now says lots of words.↗ · That comes of being a princess: she has been spoiled by flatterers, who have made her believe that she is quite a moderate talker!”↗

talkie — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned) A film with sound and spoken words, as opposed to a silent film; the first "talkies" were made a long time ago.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In "walkie-talkie": a small hand-held radio for talking to someone nearby.↗ Example: The first talkies amazed cinema audiences.↗ · Before talkies, films had music but no voices.↗ · Grandpa's grandpa saw the very first talkies.↗ · We used walkie-talkies to talk across the campsite.↗ · "Over and out!" said Sam into the walkie-talkie.↗ · Some silent film actors had funny voices and failed in the talkies.↗

talking — Everyday, meaning 1: Saying words to people; speaking (the -ing form of talk).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A noun: the act of speaking: «No talking in the library».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Adjective: able to talk: a talking doll, a talking animal in a story.↗ Example: Please stop talking and listen.↗ · We were talking about our holidays.↗ · There's no talking in the library.↗ · Talking to a trusted adult can help when you feel worried.↗ · The story has a talking cat.↗ · My parrot is talking now!↗ · Who are you talking to?↗ · Dad gave me a talking-to for being rude.↗ · "What are you talking about, batyushka?↗ · And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.↗ (Torah GEN.17.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.↗ (Torah DEU.11.19, JPS 1917)↗ · == 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)↗ · The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth; (Writings JOB.29.9, JPS 1917)↗ · While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.↗ (Writings EST.6.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying: 'Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.8.4, JPS 1917)↗

talks — Everyday, meaning 1: Talks is the form of «talk» used with he, she or it: she talks, he talks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Talks are formal discussions between groups or countries to reach an agreement, like peace talks.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Talks are speeches or presentations given to an audience, such as talks at school.↗ Example: My little brother talks all the time.↗ · She talks to her plants.↗ · Our parrot talks when he's hungry.↗ · A firefighter gave two talks at our school.↗ · The leaders held peace talks.↗ · He talks about football every day.↗ · Grandma talks on the phone with my aunt every Sunday.↗ · Money talks.↗ · The man who talks for both sides is not to be trusted by either.↗

tall — Everyday, meaning 1: Tall means high from the bottom to the top: a giraffe is very tall.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tall is used to give height: he is 150 cm tall.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tall story (tall tale) is one that is hard to believe.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In informal speech, "tall" can be short for "at all", as in "not saying anything at all".↗ Example: The tree is 12 meters tall.↗ · Tom is 5 cm taller than Ben.↗ · Who is the tallest?↗ · How tall is the tower?↗ · Giraffes are the tallest animals on Earth.↗ · Line up from shortest to tallest.↗ · Grandpa told a tall story about a fish as big as a boat.↗ · Sunflowers can grow taller than a man.↗ · The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; (Torah DEU.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; (Torah DEU.2.21, JPS 1917)↗ · a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'↗ (Torah DEU.9.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!↗ (Prophets ISA.18.2, JPS 1917)↗

tallish — Everyday, meaning 1: Fairly tall; a bit taller than average.↗ Example: He's a tallish boy with red hair.↗ · A tallish tree stood by the gate.↗ · The stranger was tallish and thin.↗ · We need a tallish jar for the flowers.↗ · My teacher is tallish.↗ · A tallish heron waded in the shallows.↗

tallow — Everyday, meaning 1: Tallow is hard animal fat, used to make candles and soap.↗ Example: The candle was made of tallow.↗ · Mouldy bread, tallow candle, and sausage were in the storeroom.↗ · Don't you know any story about bacon and tallow?↗

tally — Everyday, meaning 1: A tally is a record of a count, often made by drawing small lines: a tally chart.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tally is the total number counted so far: his goal tally this season.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To tally (up) is to count or add up.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If two things tally, they match or agree: the stories tally.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: "Tally ho!" is an old hunting cry shouted to show that the fox has been seen.↗ Example: We made a tally chart of our favourite fruits.↗ · Draw a line across four tally marks to make five.↗ · What is his goal tally this season?↗ · Let's tally up the votes.↗ · The two witnesses' stories did not tally.↗ · Count the tally marks in fives.↗ · Her tally of points was the highest in the class.↗ · The Prince blew his horn and shouted: "Tally ho!↗

tallyman — Everyday, meaning 1: (history) A tallyman was a person who kept a tally, or count, of goods, such as bananas being loaded onto a ship, or votes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, old-fashioned) A tallyman was a door-to-door salesman who sold goods and collected the money in small weekly payments.↗ Example: The tallyman counted every bunch of bananas.↗ · «Come, Mister Tally Man, tally me banana», goes the old song.↗ · In the 1930s, the tallyman called at Nan's house every Friday.↗ · The tallyman wrote the numbers in his book.↗ · Families paid the tallyman a little each week for their new coats.↗ · At the dock, the tallyman checked each sack.↗

talon — Everyday, meaning 1: A talon is a long, sharp, curved claw on the foot of a bird of prey, like an eagle, owl or hawk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In stories, talons can be any sharp claws or long fingernails that look frightening.↗ Example: The eagle grabbed the fish with its talons.↗ · An owl's talons are very sharp.↗ · The hawk perched on the falconer's glove, which protected his arm from its talons.↗ · The dragon's talons scraped across the rock.↗ · The witch pointed a long, talon-like fingernail at him.↗ · Ospreys have rough talons to hold slippery fish.↗ · A hungry Hawk presently spied her, and darting to the spot seized her in his talons.↗

tam — Everyday, meaning 1: A tam (short for tam-o'-shanter) is a soft, round, flat woollen cap, often with a bobble (pom-pom) on top, traditionally worn in Scotland.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Ukrainian, in Latin letters) «Tam» means «there» in Ukrainian (там), said like «tum»; it is not an English word in that sense.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tam is also a short form of the name Tamsin or Thomas (a name).↗ Example: The piper wore a tartan tam with a red bobble.↗ · In winter Nan knits me a woolly tam.↗ · «Tam o' Shanter» is a poem by Robert Burns.↗ · In Ukrainian, «Vin tam» means «He is there».↗ · My friend Tam plays the bagpipes.↗ · A tam is softer and flatter than a beanie.↗

tamale — Everyday, meaning 1: A tamale is a Mexican and Central American food made of corn dough (masa) filled with meat, cheese, beans or vegetables, wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaf and steamed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: You unwrap and throw away the husk before eating.↗ Example: We steamed tamales wrapped in corn husks.↗ · Grandma makes tamales every Christmas.↗ · Don't eat the corn husk, just the tamale inside.↗ · Some tamales are sweet and filled with fruit.↗ · The whole family helped fold the tamales.↗ · A Mexican food truck sold chicken tamales.↗ · In Central America, tamales are often wrapped in banana leaves.↗

tamarin — Everyday, meaning 1: A small monkey from the rainforests of Central and South America, with silky fur and a long tail; some, like the golden lion tamarin, have a bright mane.↗ Example: A tamarin is small enough to sit in your hands.↗ · The golden lion tamarin has orange fur like a little lion.↗ · Tamarins eat fruit, insects and tree sap.↗ · At the zoo we saw a family of tamarins jumping between branches.↗ · The emperor tamarin has a long white moustache.↗ · Tamarin fathers often carry the twin babies on their backs.↗ · Cutting down the rainforest puts tamarins in danger.↗

tamarisk — Everyday, meaning 1: A tamarisk is a shrub or small tree with feathery leaves and small pink or white flowers that grows well in dry, salty places such as seasides and deserts.↗ Example: A tamarisk grew by the seaside path.↗ · Tamarisks can live in salty sand.↗ · The tamarisk's pink flowers look like feathers.↗ · Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba.↗ · The camel rested in the shade of a tamarisk.↗ · Farmers in Australia try to stop the tamarisk spreading.↗ · And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.↗ (Torah GEN.21.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.↗ (Prophets JER.48.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.↗ (Prophets 1SA.31.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.↗ (Prophets JER.17.6, JPS 1917)↗

tambourine — Everyday, meaning 1: A tambourine is a musical instrument like a small round frame or hand drum with little metal discs (jingles) round the edge that jingle when you shake or hit it.↗ Example: I played the tambourine in the school concert.↗ · Shake the tambourine on every beat.↗ · The tambourine jingled when she hit it with her hand.↗ · Our music box has drums, shakers and tambourines.↗ · The band's singer danced with a tambourine.↗ · Tap the tambourine softly, then shake it loudly.↗ · One day, when the tailor was hard at work, a little hunchback came and sat at the entrance of the shop, and began to sing and play his tambourine.↗

tame — Everyday, meaning 1: Of an animal: not wild or afraid of people, because it has been trained or lives with people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To train a wild animal to live with people and obey them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Dull and not exciting.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To control something strong or wild.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Tame can also describe a person who is meek and does what others tell them to do.↗ Example: The deer in the park are quite tame.↗ · Long ago, people tamed wolves, and they became dogs.↗ · The horse was hard to tame.↗ · Our pet rat is very tame and sits on my shoulder.↗ · Even a tame animal may bite if it is frightened.↗ · The film was quite tame — not scary at all.↗ · She tamed her wild hair with a brush.↗ · A wild fox is not tame, so keep away.↗ · I must talk it over with my tame sweetheart.↗

tameness — Everyday, meaning 1: Tameness is being tame: when an animal is gentle, used to people and not afraid of them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tameness can mean being dull, mild or not exciting enough: the tameness of a boring film.↗ Example: The tameness of the robin surprised us — it ate from my hand.↗ · Animals on the Galápagos Islands are famous for their tameness.↗ · The hamster's tameness grew as we handled it gently.↗ · Critics complained about the tameness of the ending.↗ · The tameness of the deer in the park comes from being fed.↗ · Tameness can be dangerous for wild animals near roads.↗