📖 T — The English dictionary · page 53

truthfulness — Everyday, meaning 1: Truthfulness is being honest and always telling the truth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Truthfulness is how true or accurate something is: they checked the truthfulness of the story.↗ Example: The teacher praised Sam for his truthfulness.↗ · Truthfulness is an important part of friendship.↗ · Reporters must check the truthfulness of every story.↗ · Grandpa was known for his kindness and truthfulness.↗ · We can't be sure of the truthfulness of that rumour.↗ · Truthfulness builds trust.↗ · The truthfulness and life in this picture interested every one.↗

try — Everyday, meaning 1: To make an effort to do something.↗ e.g. "Try to finish."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To test something to see if it works or if you like it.↗ e.g. "Try this cake."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To judge someone in a law court.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a noun, an attempt.↗ e.g. "Have a try."↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In rugby, points scored by putting the ball down behind the line.↗ Example: Try your best.↗ · Can I try your bike?↗ · If you fail, try again.↗ · Try on these shoes.↗ · Try a number and check if it works.↗ · He scored a try in rugby.↗ · I tried to lift the box, but it was too heavy.↗ · Have a try at this puzzle.↗ · "I will try," said Mignon gently.↗ · Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.↗ (Torah DEU.6.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.'↗ And Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?'↗ (Torah EXO.17.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.↗ (Writings LAM.3.40, JPS 1917)↗ · And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?↗ (Writings JOB.7.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?↗ (Writings JOB.12.11, JPS 1917)↗

trying — Everyday, meaning 1: Trying means doing your best to do something, making an effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Trying also means testing something to see if it works or if you like it: trying a new food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, trying means annoying and hard to put up with: a trying day.↗ Example: She is trying to save $60.↗ · He is trying to read 100 pages.↗ · After trying 5 times, he scored.↗ · She is trying to find the missing number.↗ · Keep trying; you will get it.↗ · I am trying on a new pair of shoes.↗ · We are trying out a new game at recess.↗ · It was a trying day with lots of problems.↗ · So they left him trying, and went on.↗

tsar — Everyday, meaning 1: A tsar was an emperor of Russia before 1917.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A tsar is a person given strong power over one area by a government, as in a drugs tsar.↗ Example: Peter the Great was a famous Russian tsar.↗ · The last tsar was Nicholas II.↗ · The tsar lived in a palace in Saint Petersburg.↗ · The tsarina wore a jewelled crown.↗ · The government named a new education tsar.↗ · Bulgaria also had tsars long ago.↗ · The Tsar was a good swimmer.↗

tsunami — Everyday, meaning 1: A tsunami is a huge sea wave, or series of waves, caused by an earthquake, volcano or landslide under the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tsunami can also mean a huge amount of something arriving at once, like a tsunami of emails.↗ Example: A tsunami can travel across the whole ocean.↗ · The earthquake caused a tsunami.↗ · If the sea suddenly goes far out, go to high ground at once.↗ · The town has signs showing the tsunami evacuation route.↗ · The tsunami flooded the coast.↗ · Scientists can send out tsunami warnings.↗ · A tsunami is not caused by wind.↗

tt — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Not a word in ordinary English; here it is probably a mark or abbreviation in the printed text.↗

tuatara — Everyday, meaning 1: A tuatara is a lizard-like reptile found only in New Zealand; it is the last living member of a very old group of reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs.↗ Example: The tuatara lives only in New Zealand.↗ · A tuatara is not a true lizard, even though it looks like one.↗ · Some tuatara live for more than a hundred years.↗ · The tuatara has spines along its back.↗ · Rats nearly wiped out the tuatara on many islands.↗ · We saw a tuatara at the wildlife sanctuary.↗

tub — Everyday, meaning 1: A tub is a wide, open container, often round, used for holding food, plants or water: «a tub of ice cream», «a plant tub».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tub is a bathtub, the bath you wash in (especially American English).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tub is a small plastic box with a lid for food like margarine or yoghurt.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A tub can also be an old, clumsy boat.↗ Example: We shared a tub of ice cream.↗ · The toys are in the blue tub.↗ · Fill the tub with water and test which objects float.↗ · The baby splashed in the tub.↗ · Mum planted herbs in a tub on the balcony.↗ · Recycle the empty yoghurt tub.↗ · Each table has a tub of pencils.↗ · Long did the tub float about on the sea.↗

tuba — Everyday, meaning 1: A very large brass musical instrument with a wide bell, played by blowing into a mouthpiece; it makes the lowest notes in a brass band or orchestra.↗ Example: The tuba plays the lowest notes in the brass band.↗ · My brother plays the tuba in the school orchestra.↗ · The tuba went "oom-pah, oom-pah".↗ · A tuba has a lot of tubing coiled up inside.↗ · The tuba player marched at the back of the parade.↗ · It's hard to carry a tuba on the school bus!↗

tubby — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Short and rather fat, with a round body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shaped like a tub: round and wide.↗ Example: Our tubby old cat sleeps on the sofa all day.↗ · The teddy bear was tubby and soft.↗ · Grandpa pats his tubby tummy after Sunday lunch.↗ · A tubby little boat bobbed in the harbour.↗ · The tubby puppy could hardly climb the step.↗ · In the story, a tubby baker gives free buns to the children.↗

tube — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, hollow pipe, often round, that liquid or air can go through, like a tube in an experiment or a breathing tube.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A soft container you squeeze, like a tube of toothpaste or glue.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Tube is the underground railway in London.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Informal, mostly American and Australian: the TV ("on the tube").↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A swim ring or rubber ring you float on is sometimes called a tube.↗ Example: Squeeze a small blob from the tube of toothpaste.↗ · The scientist poured the liquid into a test tube.↗ · We took the Tube to the museum in London.↗ · The bike tyre has an inner tube full of air.↗ · Make a telescope from a cardboard tube.↗ · Water travels up tiny tubes inside the plant stem.↗ · The paint tube was almost empty.↗ · Air goes down a tube called the windpipe to your lungs.↗ · He accordingly contrived to steal some sparks from the chariot of the sun, which he conveyed to earth hidden in a hollow tube.↗

tubular — Everyday, meaning 1: Tubular means shaped like a tube: long, round and hollow, like a pipe or a drinking straw.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tubular also means made of tubes, like a tubular steel chair frame.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (slang, old-fashioned, US) Tubular meant great or cool, in surfer talk of the 1980s.↗ Example: Bike frames are often made of tubular steel or aluminium.↗ · The flower has tubular petals, so only bees with long tongues can reach the nectar.↗ · The school chairs have tubular metal legs.↗ · The orchestra played the tubular bells at the end of the piece.↗ · A drinking straw is a tubular shape.↗ · Worms have long tubular bodies.↗ · (slang) «That wave was totally tubular, dude!» said the surfer in the old film.↗

tuck — Everyday, meaning 1: To push the loose edge of something into a place so it is neat and stays there, like a shirt into trousers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To put someone, usually a child, into bed and pull the covers snugly around them (tuck in).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To put something into a small, safe or hidden place.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To pull a part of your body in close, like tucking your knees up to your chest.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Tuck in: to start eating food eagerly.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A tuck is a fold sewn into cloth; in old British school stories «tuck» means sweets and snacks.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: In old country speech, tuck can also mean to take, to look after, or to fall ill.↗ Example: Tuck your shirt into your trousers before the photo.↗ · Mum tucked me in and turned off the light.↗ · She tucked the letter into her coat pocket.↗ · The cottage was tucked away behind the hills.↗ · Do a tuck jump: bring your knees up to your chest.↗ · Tuck your laces in so they don't catch in the bike chain.↗ · Dinner's ready — tuck in!↗ · The cat tucked its paws under its body to keep warm.↗ · We bought crisps at the school tuck shop.↗ · Is you drowndid w'en yo' ma tucks you in de bed?"↗

tucked — Everyday, meaning 1: Tucked means pushed the edge of something neatly into or under something, like a shirt tucked into trousers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tucked in means made warm and cosy in bed with the covers pushed in around you.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tucked away means hidden or in a quiet place that is hard to find.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Tucked can mean put something in a small safe place, like a note tucked in a pocket.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Tucked in (to food) means ate eagerly.↗ Example: Dad tucked me into bed and read a story.↗ · Her shirt was neatly tucked into her skirt.↗ · The village was tucked away between two hills.↗ · He tucked the letter into his pocket.↗ · The cat sat with its paws tucked under it.↗ · She tucked her hair behind her ears.↗ · Tuck your laces in so you don't trip.↗ · We tucked in to the picnic as soon as we sat down.↗

tudor — Everyday, meaning 1: The Tudors were the family of kings and queens who ruled England from 1485 to 1603.↗ e.g. Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Belonging to that time: «Tudor houses», «Tudor clothes».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (building) A style of house with black wooden beams and white walls, or a modern copy of it (mock Tudor).↗ Example: Henry VIII was a Tudor king.↗ · Elizabeth I was the last of the Tudors.↗ · We dressed up in Tudor costumes for history day.↗ · Our street has mock Tudor houses with black beams.↗ · Tudor sailors fought the Spanish Armada.↗ · The Tudors ruled for 118 years, from 1485 to 1603.↗

tues — Everyday, meaning 1: A short written form of Tuesday, the day after Monday and before Wednesday.↗ Example: Swimming club is on Tues after school.↗ · The sign said: Open Mon–Sat, closed Tues.↗ · Spelling test Tues, maths test Thurs.↗ · My note says «Library books back Tues».↗ · Tues and Thurs are PE days.↗ · If Mon is the first school day, Tues is the second.↗

tuesday — Everyday, meaning 1: Tuesday is the day of the week after Monday and before Wednesday.↗ Example: Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday.↗ · On Tuesday Zoe read 4 more pages than on Monday.↗ · How many did Sam pick on Tuesday?↗ · We have swimming on Tuesdays.↗ · The library is closed on Tuesday.↗ · Tuesday is the second school day of the week.↗ · Gran visits us every Tuesday.↗ · The test is next Tuesday.↗ · It was during the night between a Tuesday and a Wednesday.↗

tuff — Everyday, meaning 1: Tuff is a light, rough rock made from volcanic ash that has been pressed and stuck together over time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang) «Tuff» is a playful spelling of «tough», used online and by young people to mean cool, impressive or hard: «that's tuff».↗ Example: Tuff forms when volcanic ash settles and hardens into rock.↗ · The famous Easter Island statues are carved from tuff.↗ · Our rock kit has a piece of pale, crumbly tuff.↗ · Some old houses in Italy are built of tuff blocks.↗ · The guide said the cliff was made of tuff from an eruption long ago.↗ · (slang) «Your new trainers are tuff!»↗ · (slang) «That level was tuff, I nearly gave up.»↗

tuft — Everyday, meaning 1: A tuft is a small bunch of hair, feathers, grass or threads growing or held close together at the bottom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tufts are also the little bunches of thread on carpets or toothbrushes.↗ Example: A tuft of hair stuck up on the back of his head.↗ · Rabbits nibbled the tufts of grass.↗ · The owl has tufts of feathers that look like ears.↗ · A lynx has black tufts on its ears.↗ · A tuft of fur was caught on the fence.↗ · The toothbrush has rows of tufts.↗ · Little tufts of grass grew between the stones.↗ · "What's in a tuft of hair?" said he.↗

tug — Everyday, meaning 1: To tug is to pull something suddenly and firmly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tug is a quick, strong pull.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tug (or tugboat) is a small, strong boat that pushes and pulls big ships in a harbour.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «A tug at your heart» is a sudden sad or loving feeling.↗ Example: She tugged my sleeve to show me the rainbow.↗ · Our class won the tug of war.↗ · Give the rope a good tug.↗ · A tug pushed the big ship into the dock.↗ · The dog tugged on its lead.↗ · The sad film gave my heart a tug.↗ · Pulling with more force helps your team in a tug of war.↗ · At last young Lambton felt a mighty tug at his line.↗