📖 T — The English dictionary · page 5

tamer — Everyday, meaning 1: A tamer is a person who tames or trains wild animals, such as a lion tamer in an old-fashioned circus.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tamer is the comparative of «tame»: more gentle and used to people.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tamer can also mean milder or less exciting: «The second ride was tamer».↗ Example: The lion tamer stepped into the cage.↗ · This roller coaster is much tamer than the big one.↗ · Our new kitten is getting tamer every day.↗ · The horse tamer spoke softly to the wild horse.↗ · The film for little children is a tamer version of the book.↗ · Of the two squirrels, the grey one was tamer.↗

tamil — Everyday, meaning 1: Tamil is a language spoken by more than 70 million people, mainly in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India and in Sri Lanka, and also in Singapore, Malaysia and by communities in the UK, Canada and elsewhere.↗ It is one of the oldest languages still spoken, with poems over 2,000 years old.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Tamil is a person whose people and language are Tamil.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Tamil describes the language, people or culture.↗ e.g. Tamil food, Tamil script.↗ Example: My friend speaks Tamil at home and English at school.↗ · Tamil is an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore.↗ · The word "curry" probably comes from a Tamil word.↗ · Tamil families celebrate Pongal by cooking sweet rice.↗ · The Tamil script looks curly and round.↗ · Chennai is the biggest Tamil-speaking city in India.↗ · Tamil poems have been written for more than 2,000 years.↗ · But in the Tamil version, the process is described as being of a different and double nature.↗

tammuz — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The name of a month in the Jewish calendar, in summer, about June or July.↗ Example: He produced Heth, predominant in Sight, crowned, combined, and formed Cancer in the world, Tammuz in the year, and the right hand of man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · He produced Cheth, predominant in Sight, crowned it, combined and formed with it Cancer in the Universe, Tammuz in the year, and the right hand of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · He made the letter Chet reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Cancer in the World, and Tammuz in the year, and the left leg in the Person.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.↗ (Prophets EZK.8.14, JPS 1917)↗

tamp — Everyday, meaning 1: To tamp something means to press or pat it down firmly so it is packed tight, such as soil around a plant or coffee in a machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To tamp down something like feelings or rumours means to try to calm it or reduce it.↗ Example: Tamp the soil down around the bean plant with your fingers.↗ · The builder tamped the gravel flat before laying the slabs.↗ · The barista tamped the coffee into the little metal cup.↗ · Grandad tamped the tobacco into his old pipe.↗ · The head teacher tried to tamp down the rumours about the closure.↗ · After filling the hole, we tamped it down with our boots.↗

tamper — Everyday, meaning 1: To tamper with a thing is to meddle with it or change it without permission, often so that it no longer works properly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) To tamper with someone is to try to influence them in a secret or bad way.↗ Example: Do not tamper with the lock.↗ · Someone had tampered with the clock, so it showed the wrong time.↗ · The fox tried to tamper with the baker's letters.↗ · No Hebrew book has been so tampered with as tiie Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

tampon — Everyday, meaning 1: A small soft roll of cotton or similar material put inside the vagina to soak up blood during a period (menstruation).↗ Example: Tampons and pads are kept in the school nurse's room.↗ · The box says to change a tampon every four to eight hours.↗ · Some girls use pads and some use tampons.↗ · The shop sells tampons in different sizes.↗ · Free tampons are given out in some schools.↗ · Read the leaflet inside the tampon box.↗

tan — Everyday, meaning 1: A tan is the brown colour skin gets after being in the sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To tan is to go brown in the sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective, noun) Tan is a light yellow-brown colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To tan leather is to turn animal skin into leather.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In maths, "tan" is short for tangent (for older pupils).↗ Example: He got a tan on holiday.↗ · A tan is a sign that the sun has hurt your skin.↗ · Wear sun cream so you don't burn or tan.↗ · She wore tan boots.↗ · Our dog is black and tan.↗ · People tanned animal skins to make leather.↗ · My arms tanned in the garden.↗

tandem — Everyday, meaning 1: A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: in tandem: together, at the same time, or working as a team.↗ Example: Mum and Dad rode a tandem along the beach.↗ · The two teachers work in tandem.↗ · A tandem has two seats and two sets of pedals.↗ · The lights and music changed in tandem.↗ · She did a tandem skydive with an instructor.↗ · Prices rose in tandem with demand.↗

tang — Everyday, meaning 1: A tang is a strong, sharp taste or smell, like lemon or the sea air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tang is a hint or trace of something: «a tang of autumn in the air».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tang was a great Chinese dynasty, the Tang dynasty, famous for poetry, art and trade (a name).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A tang is the part of a knife blade that fits into the handle.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (Mandarin, pinyin) «táng» means sugar or sweets, and «tāng» means soup; these are not English words.↗ Example: The lemonade had a nice sharp tang.↗ · We smelled the salty tang of the sea as we got out of the car.↗ · This cheese is tangy.↗ · There was a tang of smoke in the cold air.↗ · Poets wrote famous poems during the Tang dynasty.↗ · The tang of the knife goes into the wooden handle.↗ · In Mandarin, «tang» with a rising tone means sweets.↗ · A wind carried me the tang of wolf, and against that smell I stared and stamped.↗

tangible — Everyday, meaning 1: Tangible means real and able to be touched: a tangible object.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tangible means clear and definite enough to be seen or measured: tangible results, tangible proof.↗ Example: We need tangible proof, not just rumours.↗ · The new playground is a tangible result of our fundraising.↗ · Her reading made tangible progress this term.↗ · The excitement in the hall was almost tangible.↗ · A book is tangible, but a story in your head is not.↗ · The detective wanted tangible evidence like fingerprints.↗ · On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

tangle — Everyday, meaning 1: A tangle is a twisted, messy knot of hair, string, wires or other long things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tangle is to twist things together so they are hard to pull apart.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tangle is also a confused or difficult situation.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To tangle with someone (informal) is to get into a fight or argument with them.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A tangle can also be a thick, twisted mass of bushes or plants that is hard to get through.↗ Example: My hair is full of tangles after swimming.↗ · The kite string got tangled in the tree.↗ · Brush out the tangles gently.↗ · The headphone wires are in a tangle again.↗ · A turtle got tangled in a fishing net.↗ · The jungle was a tangle of vines.↗ · Don't tangle with that big dog.↗ · The story got into a tangle of lies.↗ · On and on she went, bounding over rivers and crashing through tangles till she reached the sea.↗

tangled — Everyday, meaning 1: Tangled means twisted together in a messy way that is hard to undo, like string, hair or wires.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tangled can mean complicated and confusing, like a tangled story.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To get tangled up in something means to get caught in it or involved in it.↗ Example: My headphones are all tangled.↗ · She brushed her tangled hair.↗ · The kite string got tangled in the tree.↗ · Turtles can get tangled in fishing nets.↗ · The story was a tangled web of lies.↗ · The dog got tangled up in its lead.↗ · Untangle the wool before you knit.↗ · He fell into some tangled wood where he was held fast.↗ · For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.↗ (Prophets NAM.1.10, JPS 1917)↗

tangy — Everyday, meaning 1: Tangy describes a sharp, strong, pleasant taste or smell, often a bit sour, like lemon, lime or orange.↗ Example: This lemonade is lovely and tangy.↗ · I like tangy cheese and onion crisps.↗ · The orange juice tasted tangy.↗ · The salty, tangy air of the seaside.↗ · Add lime for a tangy flavour.↗ · Rhubarb is tangy, so we add sugar.↗

tank — Everyday, meaning 1: A tank is a big container that holds water, fuel, oil or gas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fish tank is a glass box for fish.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tank is also a big heavy army vehicle with a gun, that moves on metal tracks.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A think tank is a group of people who think up ideas.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A tank can also be a pool of water in a hot country, where people and animals bathe and drink.↗ Example: A tank holds 200 litres of water.↗ · A pipe fills the tank with 10 litres a minute.↗ · There are 15 fish in the tank.↗ · The car's tank holds 40 litres of petrol.↗ · We clean the fish tank every week.↗ · The tank is half full.↗ · Farms in Australia collect rainwater in tanks.↗ · The old army tank is in the museum.↗ · He bathed himself and his horse in the tank, and then sat down under a tree.↗

tankard — Everyday, meaning 1: A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid.↗ Example: She poured the ale into the silver tankard.↗ · The king drank from a golden tankard.↗ · Bring the tankard to the table for the visitor.↗

tankful — Everyday, meaning 1: A tankful is the amount a tank can hold when full: a tankful of petrol, a tankful of water.↗ Example: The car can go 500 miles on a tankful of petrol.↗ · We emptied a tankful of dirty water from the fish tank.↗ · A tankful costs a lot of money now.↗ · How many buckets make a tankful?↗ · The farmer used a tankful of water for the cows each day.↗ · If a tankful is 40 litres and you use 8 litres a day, it lasts 5 days.↗ · The firefighters sprayed a whole tankful on the fire.↗

tanned — Everyday, meaning 1: Tanned skin has become darker after being in the sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tanned leather is animal skin that has been made into leather by a special treatment.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, informal, old) To tan someone's hide is to beat them — an old rough phrase.↗ Example: She came back from Spain looking tanned.↗ · His arms were tanned from working in the garden.↗ · A tan is a sign your skin has had too much sun, so wear sun cream.↗ · The belt was made of tanned leather.↗ · The tanned surfer waved to us.↗ · You can get tanned even on a cloudy day.↗ · But there he was, a young man, tanned and dusty with travel, in the uniform of an officer of the king’s guard.↗ · Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'↗ (Writings SNG.1.6, JPS 1917)↗

tanner — Everyday, meaning 1: A tanner is a person whose job is tanning animal skins to turn them into leather.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK slang, old-fashioned) A tanner was a sixpence coin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A tanner can be a person or product that gives you a suntan.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Tanner is also a surname and a first name (a name).↗ Example: The tanner soaked the cow hides in big pits.↗ · Tanners' yards were smelly places near the river.↗ · In the Bible, Peter stayed at the house of Simon the tanner.↗ · (UK slang, old) «It only cost a tanner,» said Grandad.↗ · Leather shoes were made from hides prepared by tanners.↗ · My friend Tanner is the fastest runner in our class.↗ · Self-tanner turned his legs orange!↗ · That was all the tanner said, and back he went to his yard.↗

tantrum — Everyday, meaning 1: A tantrum is a sudden burst of anger or upset, with crying, shouting or kicking, often from a young child who cannot get what they want.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Older people can also «throw a tantrum» when they behave in a very childish, angry way.↗ Example: My little brother had a tantrum in the shop.↗ · She threw a tantrum because she couldn't have sweets.↗ · Toddlers often have tantrums when they are tired.↗ · Taking deep breaths can stop a tantrum.↗ · The spoiled prince threw a tantrum and stamped his feet.↗ · He's too old for tantrums now.↗ · Mum stayed calm during the tantrum.↗