📖 T — The English dictionary · page 44

transportation — Everyday, meaning 1: Moving people or goods from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A way of travelling or carrying things: cars, buses, trains, planes, ships.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (history) Sending convicts from Britain and Ireland to live and work far away, especially to Australia (1788–1868) and earlier to America, as a punishment.↗ Example: Public transportation includes buses and trains.↗ · Many convicts were sentenced to transportation to Australia.↗ · The river's transportation of sand builds up the beach.↗ · The school organises transportation for the trip.↗ · Bikes are a healthy kind of transportation.↗ · Transportation to Australia could last fourteen years or for life.↗

transporter — Everyday, meaning 1: A transporter is a large vehicle that carries other vehicles or heavy loads, like a car transporter lorry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A transporter is any person or thing that carries something from place to place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science fiction, a transporter is an imaginary machine that sends people instantly from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (biology) A transporter is a tiny part of a cell wall that carries substances in or out of the cell.↗ Example: A car transporter carried eight new cars down the motorway.↗ · The army used a transporter to move the heavy tank.↗ · In the film, the captain stepped into the transporter and vanished.↗ · Bees are transporters of pollen from flower to flower.↗ · The transporter bridge carries cars across the river on a hanging platform.↗ · Cells have transporters that let sugar in.↗

transpose — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To switch the order or places of things, such as letters.↗

transposed — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To change the places of two things, so that each takes the other's place.↗ In Jewish tradition, meaning 2: (music) To move a tune to a different key.↗ Example: 19) The word ענג signifies joy, and when transposed, forming the word נגע it signifies just the contrary, trouble, plague.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · I have transposed the two parts of the story.↗ · The digits were transposed by mistake: 24 was written as 42.↗ · The song was transposed into a higher key for the choir.↗

transposition — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The act of switching the order or place of letters or things.↗ Example: He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

transversely — Everyday, meaning 1: Transversely means across, lying or moving from side to side, at a right angle to the length of something.↗ e.g. "Cut the carrot transversely into rounds."↗ Example: Cut the stem transversely to see the tubes inside.↗ · The beams were laid transversely across the bridge.↗ · In a transverse wave, the particles move transversely to the wave's direction.↗ · Slice the cucumber transversely into circles.↗ · The engine is mounted transversely in many small cars.↗ · The scientist cut the bone transversely and looked at it under the microscope.↗ · The stripes run transversely across the flag.↗

trap — Everyday, meaning 1: A trap is a device for catching animals, such as a mousetrap.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A trap is a clever plan to catch or trick someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To trap someone or something is to catch it or keep it somewhere it cannot get out of.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A trap in a question or puzzle is a part that tricks you into a wrong answer.↗ Example: The farmer set a trap for the rat in the barn.↗ · The cat was trapped in the shed all night.↗ · Don't fall into the trap of rushing the last question.↗ · The firefighters rescued a family trapped on the top floor.↗ · A greenhouse traps heat from the sun.↗ · That riddle has a trap: read it twice.↗ · The police set a trap to catch the thief.↗ · Then he laid traps for the wicked animal.↗ · Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.17, JPS 1917)↗ · A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.↗ (Writings JOB.18.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets JER.48.43, JPS 1917)↗

trapezium — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A flat shape with four sides, of which at least one pair is parallel (in American English, a quadrilateral with no parallel sides).↗

trapped — Everyday, meaning 1: Trapped means caught so that you cannot get away or get out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Trapped means caught in a trap, as an animal can be.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Trapped can mean held in one place, like trapped air or heat.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Feeling trapped means feeling you have no way out of a bad situation.↗ Example: The cat got trapped in the shed.↗ · Never hide in an old fridge; you could get trapped.↗ · The miners were trapped underground for days.↗ · Air trapped in a bird's feathers keeps it warm.↗ · The fox was trapped in a net.↗ · A firefighter rescued the people trapped by the flood.↗ · He felt trapped and didn't know who to ask for help.↗ · Rain was trapped in the hollow of the rock.↗ · The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.↗ (Writings PRO.11.6, JPS 1917)↗

trapper — Everyday, meaning 1: A trapper is a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially for their fur.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A trapper can also be anyone whose job is to catch animals with traps, such as pests or animals for study.↗ Example: The fur trapper set his traps along the frozen river.↗ · Trappers sold beaver furs to traders in Canada.↗ · The old trapper knew every track in the forest.↗ · Scientists hired a trapper to catch and tag the foxes.↗ · In the story, the trapper shared his cabin with a lost boy.↗ · The trapper checked his traps every morning.↗

trapping — Everyday, meaning 1: Trapping means catching animals in traps.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Trapping means keeping someone or something in a place they cannot get out of.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Trapping (in sport) means stopping a ball and controlling it, for example with your foot.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The trappings of something are the things that go with it and show it: «the trappings of wealth».↗ Example: Greenhouse gases are trapping heat around the Earth.↗ · The Venus flytrap is trapping a fly.↗ · Fur trapping was common in old Canada.↗ · He's good at trapping the ball with his chest.↗ · Be careful not to trap your fingers in the door.↗ · The snow was trapping the cars on the road.↗ · She didn't care about the trappings of fame.↗ · The King rode on a huge Elephant adorned with the most gorgeous trappings.↗

trappist — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) 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 periods of silence.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: adjective: To do with this order: a Trappist monastery.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Trappist beer or cheese: made in or under the control of Trappist monasteries.↗ Example: Trappist monks spend much of the day in silence and prayer.↗ · The Trappist monastery sells honey and bread.↗ · The order got its name from La Trappe Abbey in France.↗ · Thomas Merton was a famous Trappist writer.↗ · Trappist nuns also live in silent communities.↗ · The class was as quiet as Trappist monks during the test.↗

trash — Everyday, meaning 1: Trash is rubbish, things you throw away (US, Canada).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Trash is also something of very poor quality: that film is trash (informal).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To trash something is to damage it badly or make a big mess of it (slang).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To trash someone or something is to criticise it harshly (informal).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (rude) Calling people «trash» is an insult.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In old country speech, to trash means to beat corn or grain to get the seeds out.↗ Example: Please take out the trash after dinner.↗ · Put the wrapper in the trash can.↗ · My little brother trashed my Lego castle.↗ · The party guests trashed the house.↗ · That TV show is total trash.↗ · The critics trashed the new film.↗ · Don't call people trash; it's unkind.↗ · So off he went, and when he came to the farmer's, master and men were all a-trashing in the barn.↗

trauma — Everyday, meaning 1: A very upsetting or frightening experience that can hurt someone's mind and feelings for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine) A serious injury to the body, like from an accident.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Something upsetting, sometimes said jokingly about a small problem.↗ Example: The children needed support after the trauma of the flood.↗ · He was taken to the trauma unit after the car crash.↗ · Talking to a counsellor can help with trauma.↗ · The doctor checked for head trauma.↗ · (informal) Getting a haircut was a trauma for my little brother.↗ · Animals can also feel trauma after being treated badly.↗

travail — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, old) Travail is very hard, tiring work or effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Travails (plural) are difficulties and troubles someone goes through.↗ e.g. "the travails of moving house".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old, Bible) Travail can mean the pain and effort of giving birth.↗ e.g. "a woman in travail".↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Painful, hard work or effort; in the first sentence it means the pains of childbirth.↗ Example: After years of travail, they finished the cathedral.↗ · The book describes the travails of a family crossing the ocean.↗ · The team's travails continued with another defeat.↗ · In the Bible, the woman was in travail before her child was born.↗ · The farmers travailed in the fields from dawn to dusk.↗ (old)↗ · We laughed about the travails of our camping trip.↗ · The travails of the journey made them tired but proud.↗ · And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.↗ (Torah GEN.38.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.↗ (Torah GEN.35.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us; (Torah NUM.20.14, JPS 1917)↗ · See mine affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins.↗ (Writings PSA.25.18, JPS 1917)↗ · For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.↗ (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)↗ · He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.↗ (Writings LAM.3.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.↗ (Torah GEN.38.27, JPS 1917) · And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us;↗ (Torah NUM.20.14, JPS 1917) · Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'↗ (Torah GEN.3.16, JPS 1917)

travel — Everyday, meaning 1: To travel means to go from one place to another, often a long way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Travel is the act of travelling: air travel, space travel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Light and sound travel: they move from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Travels are journeys, especially long ones.↗ Example: They traveled 150 miles.↗ · The car travels 50 miles in one hour.↗ · How far does she travel in 3 hours?↗ · He travels 12 km to work each day.↗ · We traveled by plane to see Grandma.↗ · Light travels faster than sound.↗ · Some children get travel sick in the car.↗ · In the story, the boy travels back in time.↗ · "Oh, to travel there!" exclaimed others.↗

traveler — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who is making a journey, often far from home.↗ Example: The travelers rested under a tree.↗ · Some travelers laughed at the poor old man.↗ · Tired travelers reached the inn at night.↗

travelled — Everyday, meaning 1: Went from one place to another, especially far away.↗ e.g. "We travelled to Scotland."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Moved.↗ e.g. "Sound travels through air."↗ Example: We travelled to Ireland by ferry.↗ · The car travelled 120 kilometres in two hours.↗ · Light travelled from the Sun to the Earth.↗ · My grandma has travelled all over the world.↗ · The news travelled fast around the school.↗ · They travelled by bus to the museum.↗

traveller — Everyday, meaning 1: A traveller is a person who goes on a trip from one place to another, or who travels a lot.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A traveller is also a passenger on a bus, train or plane.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In Ireland and the UK, Travellers are a community of people with their own traditions, many of whom have lived moving from place to place.↗ Example: A traveller walks 5 km each hour.↗ · The bus carries 40 travellers.↗ · Each traveller pays $12.↗ · How far has the traveller gone after 3 hours?↗ · The tired traveller stopped at an inn for the night.↗ · Travellers waited at the airport for their flight.↗ · In the story, a time traveller visits the dinosaurs.↗ · Each traveller may take one bag on the plane.↗ · The Mother-Frog had once been a traveller.↗ · In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.↗ (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)↗

travelling — Everyday, meaning 1: Travelling means going from one place to another, especially far away, on a trip or journey.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) Travelling is the activity of going on journeys.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Moving from place to place: a travelling show.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In science, moving through space: light travelling through glass.↗ Example: We are travelling to Scotland by train.↗ · Travelling by plane is fast.↗ · Light travels in straight lines.↗ · Sound travels faster through water than through air.↗ · A travelling circus came to town.↗ · I get sick when travelling in the car.↗ · The train was travelling at 100 kilometres an hour.↗ · I should like to have a travelling companion!↗