📖 T — The English dictionary · page 45

traverse — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To traverse a place is to travel across or through it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To traverse can mean to go back and forth across something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In climbing, a traverse is a route that goes sideways across a slope or cliff.↗ Example: The explorers traversed the icy plains.↗ · It took three days to traverse the forest.↗ · A bridge traverses the river.↗ · Can you traverse this shape without lifting your pencil?↗ · The climber made a slow traverse across the cliff.↗ · The searchlight traversed the dark sky.↗ · Ants traverse the garden path all day.↗ · They traversed 15 km each day for 4 days, so 60 km in total.↗ · One shooting star after another traversed the sky.↗ · Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.↗ (Writings PSA.48.14, JPS 1917)↗ · See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways; (Prophets JER.2.23, JPS 1917)↗

tray — Everyday, meaning 1: A tray is a flat board with low edges for carrying food, cups or plates.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A baking tray is a flat metal sheet for baking in the oven.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An ice cube tray holds water to freeze into cubes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A tray on a desk holds papers.↗ Example: Each tray holds 12 cookies.↗ · She baked 4 trays of muffins.↗ · 36 cups fit on 3 trays.↗ · How many trays are needed for 50 cookies?↗ · Carry your lunch tray carefully.↗ · Fill the ice cube tray and put it in the freezer.↗ · The muffin tray has 3 rows of 4 holes.↗ · Put your finished work in the tray on my desk.↗ · On the tray there was bread, roast chicken, fruit.↗

treacherous — Everyday, meaning 1: Treacherous describes a person who betrays people who trust them, like a traitor.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Treacherous ground, roads, water or weather are very dangerous, often in a hidden way, such as icy roads or strong currents.↗ Example: The roads are treacherous after the frost.↗ · Do not swim there — the currents are treacherous.↗ · The climbers crossed a treacherous icy ridge.↗ · The treacherous knight opened the castle gate to the enemy.↗ · Fog made the drive home treacherous.↗ · In the story, the treacherous servant stole the king's ring.↗ · The muddy path down the cliff was treacherous.↗ · "He is treacherous and malicious," said Dame Pally Dyre, Grubbe's daughter.↗ · And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.↗ (Prophets JER.3.7, JPS 1917)↗ · The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.16, JPS 1917)↗ · For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.↗ (Prophets JER.9.1, JPS 1917)↗

treacherously — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a sly, disloyal way, betraying someone who trusted you.↗ Example: Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?↗ (Prophets JER.12.1, JPS 1917)↗ · The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.↗ (Prophets ISA.24.16, JPS 1917)↗ · But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.↗ (Prophets HOS.6.7, JPS 1917)↗ · The guard treacherously opened the gate to the enemy.↗ · He smiled and then treacherously stabbed his friend.↗ · The fox treacherously led the hen into a trap.↗

treachery — Everyday, meaning 1: Betraying someone who trusts you; being disloyal or false.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hidden danger: the treachery of thin ice.↗ Example: The king was shocked by the treachery of his own brother.↗ · Judas's treachery is told in the Bible.↗ · The weasels used treachery to seize Toad Hall.↗ · Betraying a friend's secret is a kind of treachery.↗ · Beware the treachery of the ice in spring.↗ · The story is full of plots and treachery.↗ · The maiden, suspecting no treachery, gave him the magic ring.↗ · And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their treachery which they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary unto Me.↗ (Torah LEV.26.40, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah: 'There is treachery, O Ahaziah.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.9.23, JPS 1917)↗ · 'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day — (Prophets JOS.22.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will spread My net upon him, and he shall be taken in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his treachery that he hath committed against Me.↗ (Prophets EZK.17.20, JPS 1917)↗

treacle — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A thick, sticky, dark sweet syrup made when sugar is refined; black treacle is very dark, golden syrup is a light kind.↗ Americans call it molasses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something too sweet or sentimental, like a soppy speech.↗ Example: Harry Potter's favourite pudding is treacle tart.↗ · Mum added a spoonful of black treacle to the gingerbread.↗ · The three little sisters lived at the bottom of a treacle-well.↗ · The mud was as thick as treacle.↗ · Americans call treacle molasses.↗ · My hands were sticky with treacle.↗ · The Dormouse said the sisters were learning to draw treacle.↗ · Here he was invited to take a mug of brown beer with treacle and sugar.↗

tread — Everyday, meaning 1: To walk or step on something, often pressing it down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To press or crush something with your feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) The sound or way someone walks: «a heavy tread».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) The pattern of grooves on a tyre or shoe sole that grips the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (noun) The flat part of a step on a staircase.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: «Tread water»: to stay upright in water by moving your legs and arms, without swimming forward.↗ Example: Try not to tread on the flowers.↗ · I trod in a puddle on the way to school.↗ · We practised treading water in the deep end.↗ · Grapes were once trodden by feet to make juice.↗ · We heard a heavy tread on the stairs.↗ · The tyres had worn tread, so Dad replaced them.↗ · Tread carefully — the ice is thin.↗ · (informal) I didn't want to tread on anyone's toes by changing the plan.↗ · "Then follow me," said Ariadne, "and tread softly."↗ · And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.↗ (Torah DEU.33.29, JPS 1917)↗ · Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.↗ (Torah DEU.11.24, JPS 1917)↗ · contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.↗ (Torah DEU.2.5, JPS 1917)↗ · O my soul, tread them down with strength.↗ (Prophets JDG.5.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Make me to tread in the path of Thy commandments; for therein do I delight.↗ (Writings PSA.119.35, JPS 1917)↗ · They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.↗ (Writings JOB.24.11, JPS 1917)↗

treadmill — Everyday, meaning 1: A treadmill is an exercise machine with a moving belt that you walk or run on without going anywhere.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) A treadmill is a boring routine of work that goes on and on and never seems to get anywhere.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (history) A treadmill was a large wheel turned by people or animals walking on it, used to grind grain or pump water, and in Victorian prisons as a punishment.↗ Example: Mum runs on the treadmill when it is raining.↗ · The treadmill was set to a slow walk.↗ · Victorian prisoners had to walk on the treadmill.↗ · He felt his job was a never-ending treadmill.↗ · Keep fingers away from a moving treadmill.↗ · Vets use underwater treadmills to help dogs recover.↗ · How long and wearisome the time appeared; it was like being in a treadmill.↗

treadwheel — Everyday, meaning 1: A large wheel turned by people or animals walking on steps or boards inside or around it, used in the past to grind corn or pump water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A punishment in Victorian prisons where prisoners had to walk on such a wheel for hours.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (figurative, like «treadmill») Boring, tiring work that never seems to end.↗ Example: Prisoners in Victorian gaols had to walk on the treadwheel for hours.↗ · The treadwheel turned the millstones to grind corn.↗ · A donkey walked inside the treadwheel to lift water from the well.↗ · Working in that factory felt like being on a treadwheel.↗ · We saw a picture of an old prison treadwheel in our history book.↗ · The treadwheel was a cruel and pointless punishment.↗

treason — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) Treason is the crime of betraying your own country, for example by helping its enemies or trying to overthrow its ruler or government.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Treason can also mean any great betrayal of trust.↗ Example: Guy Fawkes was found guilty of treason.↗ · Selling secrets to an enemy country is treason.↗ · In the old days, treason was punished by death.↗ · The knight was accused of treason against the king.↗ · Bonfire Night remembers a plot that was treason.↗ · Telling the other team our tactics felt like treason!↗ (joking)↗ · A person who commits treason is called a traitor.↗ · This lord and others have accused you of treason, and several councils have been called in the most private manner on your account.↗ · Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: 'Treason, treason.'↗ (Writings 2CH.23.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?↗ (Prophets 1KI.16.20, JPS 1917)↗

treasure — Everyday, meaning 1: Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A treasure is anything that is very precious to you.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To treasure something is to keep it carefully and love it because it means a lot to you.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A treasure (informal) is a person who is very kind or helpful.↗ Example: The pirates buried their treasure on the island.↗ · Follow the treasure map to the X.↗ · We had a treasure hunt in the garden.↗ · This photo is my greatest treasure.↗ · I will treasure this present forever.↗ · The museum shows treasures from ancient Egypt.↗ · The treasure chest was full of gold coins.↗ · Find the treasure at grid reference C4.↗ · And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; (Torah DEU.26.18, JPS 1917)↗ · They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.↗ (Torah DEU.33.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine; (Torah EXO.19.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee; (Writings JOB.22.25, JPS 1917)↗ · They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.↗ (Writings PSA.83.4, JPS 1917)↗ · For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure.↗ (Writings PSA.135.4, JPS 1917)↗

treasurer — Everyday, meaning 1: The person in a club, school council, charity or organisation who looks after the money, keeps records of what comes in and goes out, and reports on it.↗ Example: Maya was elected treasurer of the school council.↗ · The treasurer counted the money from the cake sale.↗ · The treasurer said we had £85 left.↗ · Our club treasurer keeps a record of every payment.↗ · In Australia the Treasurer presents the national budget.↗ · The treasurer showed that we earned £120 and spent £75, leaving £45.↗ · And forthwith he ordered his grand treasurer, who was present, to send 10,000 gold pieces to Khacan for the purchase of the slave.↗ · even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.↗ (Writings EZR.1.8, JPS 1917)↗

treasury — Everyday, meaning 1: (the Treasury) The government department that manages a country's money, taxes and spending.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place where treasure or money is kept.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A collection of valuable things, such as a treasury of poems or stories.↗ Example: The Treasury controls how the government spends money.↗ · The king's treasury was full of gold coins.↗ · I got «A Treasury of Bedtime Stories» for my birthday.↗ · The thieves tried to break into the treasury.↗ · The museum is a treasury of ancient art.↗ · The Treasury announced new taxes.↗ · Pearls and flowers were gathered up and taken to the treasury.↗ · 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?↗ (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917)↗ · Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries.↗ (Writings 1CH.26.24, JPS 1917)↗ · They were also over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.↗ (Writings 1CH.9.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, (Writings JOB.38.22, JPS 1917)↗

treat — Everyday, meaning 1: To behave towards someone or something in a certain way: «Treat others kindly».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A noun: something special that gives pleasure, such as a sweet, a trip or a surprise.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Verb: to buy or give someone something special: «I'll treat you to an ice cream».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Verb: of a doctor or nurse: to give care or medicine to make someone better.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Verb: to put a substance on something to protect or change it: treated wood.↗ Example: Treat others the way you want to be treated.↗ · We had ice cream as a treat.↗ · The doctor treated my sore ear.↗ · Dad treated us to the cinema.↗ · Give the dog a treat when it sits.↗ · Trick or treat!↗ · Don't treat your little brother badly.↗ · This wood has been treated so it won't rot.↗ · Who can have treated you so cruelly?”↗ · The Mishnah treating of permutation was well explained by all commentators, especially by S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗