📖 T — The English dictionary · page 46

treater — Everyday, meaning 1: A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is mostly found in «trick-or-treater», a child who goes from house to house at Halloween asking for sweets.↗ Example: The trick-or-treaters wore scary masks.↗ · We gave sweets to every trick-or-treater who knocked.↗ · A group of little treaters stood on the porch.↗ · Trick-or-treaters should stay with a grown-up.↗ · Our house had a pumpkin to welcome trick-or-treaters.↗ · Dad was the treater today and bought us ice cream.↗

treatise — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail.↗ Example: He wrote a treatise on the habits of birds.↗ · The scholar's treatise took him ten years.↗ · The school library has a treatise on the stars.↗ · Compare also the Talmud treatise Chagigah p. 12.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 43) The substance of this Mishnah is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Berachoth, p. 55, a. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · E.) See treatise Berachoth, p. 55 a, where the commentator Rashi referred to the book Yezirah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

treatment — Everyday, meaning 1: Treatment is the care given by a doctor, nurse or other helper to make someone better when they are ill or injured.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Treatment is the way you behave towards someone («fair treatment», «unkind treatment»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A treatment is a way of cleaning or protecting something («water treatment», «wood treatment»).↗ Example: He needed hospital treatment after falling off his bike.↗ · The treatment for a small burn is cool running water.↗ · Everyone deserves fair treatment.↗ · She gave her brother the silent treatment.↗ · The water goes through treatment before it reaches our taps.↗ · The vet said the dog's treatment would take two weeks.↗ · No one gets special treatment in this class.↗ · The fence had a treatment to stop it rotting.↗ · "I should not endure such treatment," said the tax-collector's wife.↗

treaty — Everyday, meaning 1: A written agreement between countries or nations, for example to end a war, to trade or to share land.↗ Example: The two countries signed a peace treaty.↗ · The Treaty of Waitangi is very important in New Zealand.↗ · Breaking a treaty can lead to war.↗ · Many treaties were made with Native American nations.↗ · The treaty allowed both sides to fish in the sea.↗ · Leaders met to agree on the treaty.↗ · "And you," retorted the lion, "have not feared to break our treaty that engaged solemnly we should never interfere with each other."↗

treble — Everyday, meaning 1: To treble is to become three times as big, or to make something three times as big.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Treble means three times as much or as many, or having three parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (music) The treble is the high part in music; a treble is a boy with a high singing voice, and the treble clef is the sign for high notes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (sport) A treble is winning three trophies in one season, or (darts) the narrow ring that scores three times the number.↗ Example: The price of the house has trebled in twenty years.↗ · If you treble 5, you get 15.↗ · My big brother sings treble in the cathedral choir.↗ · Notes for the recorder are written on the treble clef.↗ · The team won the treble: the league, the FA Cup and the European Cup.↗ · He hit treble twenty, which scores 60 in darts.↗ · We got treble the number of visitors this year.↗ · I trebled the cable to make it stronger, and for the same reason twisted three of the iron bars together, bending the ends into a hook.↗

trebuchet — Everyday, meaning 1: A trebuchet is a huge medieval siege machine like a giant catapult that throws heavy stones over castle walls, powered by a heavy counterweight that falls and swings a long arm with a sling.↗ Example: The trebuchet hurled a huge stone at the castle wall.↗ · We built a model trebuchet out of lolly sticks in D and T.↗ · A trebuchet uses a heavy counterweight, not a twisted rope.↗ · Edward I used a giant trebuchet called Warwolf.↗ · The trebuchet's long arm acts like a lever.↗ · Our trebuchet threw a marshmallow three metres.↗ · Trebuchets could throw stones weighing as much as a person.↗

tree — Everyday, meaning 1: A tree is a tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches and leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A family tree is a chart showing a family's parents, children and grandparents.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tree diagram is a drawing with branches that shows choices or parts.↗ Example: There are 33 trees in the park.↗ · The workers planted 44 more trees.↗ · Each tree has 12 apples.↗ · How many trees will there be?↗ · We built a tree house.↗ · The leaves fall from the trees in autumn.↗ · You can tell a tree's age by its rings.↗ · Draw your family tree.↗ · Birds nest in the old oak tree.↗ · Don't climb trees near power lines.↗ · All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.↗ (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'↗ (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.↗ (Torah GEN.18.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?'↗ (Prophets ISA.44.19, JPS 1917)↗ · He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.↗ (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917)↗

treeless — Everyday, meaning 1: Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees.↗ Example: The tundra is a cold, treeless land.↗ · Above the tree line, the mountain is treeless.↗ · The Nullarbor Plain in Australia is flat and treeless.↗ · Sheep grazed on the treeless hills of the island.↗ · After the trees were cut down, the hillside was left treeless.↗ · It was hard to find shade on the treeless plain.↗ · The road led across a treeless plain where the Sun beat down fiercely.↗

treetop — Everyday, meaning 1: A treetop is the highest part of a tree, its top branches and leaves.↗ Example: Monkeys swung through the treetops.↗ · Birds sang from the treetops.↗ · We did a treetop walk on rope bridges.↗ · The wind whistled through the treetops.↗ · Many rainforest animals never leave the treetops.↗ · The squirrel built its drey high in the treetop.↗ · Two of the strongest monkeys caught Mowgli under the arms and swung off with him through the treetops, twenty feet at a bound.↗

trefoil — Everyday, meaning 1: A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover.↗ It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes.↗ Example: Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod.↗ · A clover is a trefoil with three leaves.↗ · The gardener planted a row of trefoils by the path.↗

trek — Everyday, meaning 1: noun.↗ e.g. A long, hard journey, especially on foot through mountains, forests or wild country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: verb.↗ e.g. To go on such a journey.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A long tiring walk to an ordinary place: «It's a trek to the shops».↗ Example: We went on a three-day trek through the mountains.↗ · It's a real trek from the car park to the beach.↗ · Explorers trekked across the frozen Arctic.↗ · Pony trekking in Wales was the best part of our holiday.↗ · The refugees trekked for weeks to reach safety.↗ · Make sure you take water on a long trek.↗

trellis — Everyday, meaning 1: A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up.↗ To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame.↗ Example: The roses climb up the wooden trellis.↗ · The fox could not reach the grapes on the high trellis.↗ · Dad put a trellis against the wall for the beans.↗

tremble — Everyday, meaning 1: To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When things tremble, they shake a little, like leaves in the wind or the ground in a small earthquake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tremble is a small shaking movement.↗ Example: My hands trembled before I went on stage.↗ · The puppy trembled in the cold rain.↗ · The ground trembled when the train went past.↗ · Her voice trembled as she said sorry.↗ · The leaves trembled in the breeze.↗ · He trembled with excitement as he opened the present.↗ · There was a tremble in his voice.↗ · Anastasia trembled, and burst into tears.↗ · The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.↗ (Torah EXO.15.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.↗ (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.↗ (Torah EXO.20.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.↗ (Writings PSA.2.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.↗ (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.↗ (Writings JOB.26.11, JPS 1917)↗

tremendous — Everyday, meaning 1: Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Very good; excellent: a tremendous goal, a tremendous time.↗ Example: There was a tremendous crash of thunder.↗ · You've made tremendous progress in reading!↗ · The elephant was a tremendous size.↗ · We had a tremendous time at the beach.↗ · A volcano gives out tremendous heat.↗ · The crowd gave a tremendous cheer.↗ · It was a tremendous goal from the halfway line.↗ · The storm had already lasted many days when tremendous heat began to make itself felt.↗ · He is thy glory, and He is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and tremendous things, which thine eyes have seen.↗ (Torah DEU.10.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Say unto God: 'How tremendous is Thy work!↗ (Writings PSA.66.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.↗ (Writings PSA.145.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; and let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.↗ (Writings PSA.45.5, JPS 1917)↗

tremendously — Everyday, meaning 1: Tremendously means very much or enormously.↗ Example: He was tremendously angry.↗ · The cake was tremendously big.↗ · She yawned tremendously and fell asleep.↗

tremor — Everyday, meaning 1: A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A slight shaking of part of the body, such as hands, that you cannot control.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A shaking in the voice because of fear or strong feelings.↗ Example: We felt a small earth tremor during the night.↗ · There was a tremor in his voice as he said goodbye.↗ · Grandpa has a tremor in his hands.↗ · Scientists recorded several tremors after the earthquake.↗ · The tremor made the cups rattle.↗ · New Zealand has many small tremors every year.↗

tremulous — Everyday, meaning 1: Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age.↗ Example: Her tremulous voice showed she was scared.↗ · The old man gave a tremulous smile.↗ · He spoke in a tremulous whisper.↗

trench — Everyday, meaning 1: A trench is a long, narrow, deep ditch dug in the ground, for pipes, drains or building foundations.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In war, trenches are long ditches that soldiers dig and live in to protect themselves from enemy fire, especially in the First World War.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An ocean trench is a very deep, long valley in the sea floor, like the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A trench coat is a long, belted raincoat.↗ Example: Workers dug a trench to lay the new water pipe.↗ · Soldiers in the trenches wrote letters home.↗ · The trenches were full of mud and rats.↗ · The Mariana Trench is the deepest place in the ocean.↗ · Trench foot was caused by standing in cold water for days.↗ · Detectives in old films wear trench coats.↗ · Between the trenches was a deadly strip called no man's land.↗ · And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.↗ (Prophets 2KI.3.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.↗ (Prophets 1KI.18.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.↗ (Prophets 1KI.18.38, JPS 1917)↗

trend — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A general direction in which something is changing or developing: «a trend towards healthier eating».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A fashion or craze: «the latest trend».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To move in a general direction.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb, online) To be talked about a lot online at a particular moment: «trending on social media».↗ Example: The graph shows an upward trend in temperatures.↗ · Fidget spinners were a big trend at our school.↗ · There is a trend towards more children walking to school.↗ · That video is trending on social media.↗ · My sister always follows the latest trends.↗ · Prices have trended down over the last few months.↗ · Look at the data and describe the trend.↗