📖 T — The English dictionary · page 54

tulip — Everyday, meaning 1: A tulip is a bright spring flower shaped like a cup, growing from a bulb.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tulips come in many colours: red, yellow, pink, white, purple.↗ Example: She planted 24 tulips.↗ · Each vase holds 6 tulips.↗ · 8 tulips are red and the rest are yellow.↗ · A tulip costs 2 dollars.↗ · Plant tulip bulbs in autumn for flowers in spring.↗ · Fields of tulips cover the land in the Netherlands.↗ · He gave his mum a bunch of pink tulips.↗ · The girl carried the tulips away.↗

tumble — Everyday, meaning 1: To tumble is to fall down suddenly, often rolling over.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tumble is to roll or turn over and over, like in gymnastics or in a washing machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To tumble can mean to drop quickly, like prices tumbling.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A tumble is a fall.↗ Example: Jack fell down and Jill came tumbling after.↗ · The little boy took a tumble on the stairs.↗ · The rocks tumbled down the hill.↗ · We practised tumbling in gymnastics.↗ · The clothes tumbled round in the dryer.↗ · Puppies love rough and tumble play.↗ · The stack of books tumbled onto the floor.↗ · Prices tumbled after the holidays.↗ · My foot slipped and I tumbled.↗

tumbler — Everyday, meaning 1: A tumbler is a drinking glass with straight sides and no stem or handle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tumbler is an acrobat who turns over and over in a show.↗ Example: She poured the juice into a tumbler.↗ · Who has been drinking out of my little tumbler?↗ · The tumbler flipped three times in the air and landed on his feet.↗

tummy — Everyday, meaning 1: Your tummy is your stomach or belly; it is a friendly, informal word used especially with children.↗ Example: I have a tummy ache.↗ · The baby likes lying on her tummy.↗ · My tummy is rumbling; I'm hungry.↗ · I had butterflies in my tummy before the show.↗ · He stayed home with a tummy bug.↗ · The puppy rolled over to have its tummy rubbed.↗ · Too many sweets will hurt your tummy.↗

tumour — Everyday, meaning 1: A lump in the body made of cells that grow when they should not.↗ Some tumours are harmless (benign); some are cancer (malignant).↗ Example: The doctor found a small tumour.↗ · Not all tumours are cancer.↗ · A benign tumour does not spread.↗ · The surgeon removed the tumour.↗ · Scientists study why tumours grow.↗ · Her uncle had a tumour, but he is better now.↗

tumult — Everyday, meaning 1: A tumult is a loud, noisy, confused disturbance, with shouting and people rushing about.↗ Example: The playground was in tumult when the bell rang.↗ · The banqueting hall was in tumult.↗ · Amid the tumult, nobody heard the bugle call.↗ · Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people!↗ (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.↗ (Writings PSA.46.7, JPS 1917)↗ · He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.↗ (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917)↗

tumultuous — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Noisy, loud and wild, full of uproar.↗ Example: Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?↗ (Prophets ISA.22.2, JPS 1917)↗ · He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.↗ (Writings PSA.40.3, JPS 1917)↗

tumultuously — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a noisy, rushing, crowding way.↗ Example: Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.↗ (Writings DAN.6.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever!↗ (Writings DAN.6.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'↗ (Writings DAN.6.16, JPS 1917)↗

tun — Everyday, meaning 1: A tun is a very large barrel or cask, used in the past for wine, beer or water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tun was also an old unit for measuring how much liquid fits in such a barrel, a big amount.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It is a rare, old word; do not mix it up with «ton», «tonne» or «tune».↗ Example: The ship's cellar held a tun of wine.↗ · A tun is much bigger than an ordinary barrel.↗ · The old brewery had wooden tuns taller than a man.↗ · Sailors filled a tun with fresh water before the voyage.↗ · The word «ton» comes from the old word «tun».↗ · In the story, the boy hid inside an empty tun.↗ · ‘What is the matter with you?’ his father often said to him.↗ ‘You have everything you can possibly wish for: a good bed, good food, and tuns full of beer.↗

tuna — Everyday, meaning 1: A tuna is a large, fast sea fish that swims in warm oceans.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tuna is the meat of this fish, often sold in tins and used in sandwiches and salads.↗ Example: I had a tuna sandwich for lunch.↗ · Tuna can swim very fast.↗ · Mum opened a tin of tuna for the pasta.↗ · Dolphins sometimes swim near tuna.↗ · A can of tuna costs $2, so three cans cost $6.↗ · Some tuna are bigger than a person.↗ · We made tuna and sweetcorn salad.↗

tundra — Everyday, meaning 1: The tundra is a huge cold, flat, treeless land in the far north (the Arctic) or high on mountains, where the ground below stays frozen all year.↗ Example: Trees cannot grow on the tundra.↗ · Caribou travel across the tundra in huge herds.↗ · In summer the tundra is covered with flowers and mosquitoes.↗ · Lemmings live on the Arctic tundra.↗ · The ground under the tundra is permafrost.↗ · We made a model of the tundra biome in class.↗

tune — Everyday, meaning 1: A tune is a series of musical notes that makes a song or melody you can remember and hum.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To tune an instrument is to adjust it so its notes are at the right pitch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To tune a radio or TV is to set it to a channel or station.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «In tune» means singing or playing the right notes; «out of tune» means the notes are wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To tune an engine or machine is to adjust it so it works well.↗ Example: She hummed a happy tune.↗ · The piano is out of tune.↗ · We tuned the guitar before the concert.↗ · Tune in to the radio at nine.↗ · Stay tuned for more after the break.↗ · The class sang in tune.↗ · He changed his tune when he saw the prize.↗ · And the harp played a merry tune.↗

tuner — Everyday, meaning 1: A tuner is a device that helps you tune a musical instrument by showing whether a note is too high, too low or just right.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tuner is the part of a radio or TV that picks up a chosen station or channel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A tuner is a person whose job is tuning instruments, especially pianos.↗ Example: Clip the tuner onto your guitar before you start.↗ · The tuner showed my string was too low.↗ · The piano tuner came to fix our old piano.↗ · Turn the radio tuner to find the music station.↗ · My violin teacher uses a tuner app on her phone.↗ · A tuner helps you get each string exactly right.↗

tunic — Everyday, meaning 1: A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes.↗ Example: She took the tunic and put it on.↗ · A man in a red tunic met him on the road.↗ · The soldiers wore grey tunics and leather belts.↗ · And thou shalt bring his sons, and put tunics upon them.↗ (Torah EXO.29.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (Torah EXO.39.27, JPS 1917)↗ · So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.↗ (Torah LEV.10.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics.↗ (Writings NEH.7.70, JPS 1917)↗ · And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' tunics.↗ (Writings NEH.7.72, JPS 1917)↗ · Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, and their robes, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.↗ (Writings DAN.3.21, JPS 1917)↗

tunnel — Everyday, meaning 1: A tunnel is a long passage under the ground, through a hill, or under water, for cars, trains or people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tunnel is a passage dug by an animal, like a rabbit or mole.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To tunnel is to dig a tunnel through or under something.↗ Example: The train went through a long tunnel.↗ · The Channel Tunnel goes under the sea.↗ · Moles dig tunnels under the lawn.↗ · The children crawled through the play tunnel.↗ · Earthworms tunnel through the soil.↗ · The prisoners tunnelled out of the castle.↗ · There's light at the end of the tunnel.↗ · Never go into storm drain tunnels.↗ · Suddenly there came along a great water-rat that lived in the tunnel.↗

tunny — Everyday, meaning 1: A tunny is a large sea fish, also called a tuna, with a strong, rounded body and used as food.↗ Example: We saw a tunny swim past the boat.↗ · Tunny, you arrived at the right moment!↗ · I am the Tunny, your companion in the Shark's stomach.↗

tupi — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) The Tupi are Indigenous peoples of Brazil, who lived along the Atlantic coast when Europeans arrived.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tupi is also their family of languages; many words, like jaguar, piranha, toucan and tapioca, came into English from Tupi through Portuguese.↗ Example: The word «jaguar» comes from the Tupi language.↗ · The Tupi lived in villages along the coast of Brazil.↗ · Many Brazilian place names are Tupi words.↗ · «Toucan» came into English from Tupi through Portuguese.↗ · Tupi people grew cassava for food.↗ · Some Tupi words are still used in Brazilian Portuguese.↗ · Vambagen, the Brazilian historian (now Visconde de Rio Branco), tried to prove a relationship between the ancient Egyptians, or other Turanian stock, and the Tupi Indians.↗

turban — Everyday, meaning 1: A turban is a long piece of cloth wound around the head, worn by men (and some women) in many cultures, especially by Sikhs as part of their faith.↗ Example: My friend Harjit wears a turban.↗ · The turban is an important part of the Sikh faith.↗ · He tied his turban carefully every morning.↗ · The turban was bright orange.↗ · Some police officers in Canada and the UK wear turbans.↗ · Never pull or touch someone's turban.↗ · In the story, the merchant wore a silk turban.↗ · Out of one of the folds of this young man’s turban there peeped the corner of a letter!↗ · and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.15, JPS 1917)↗

turbid — Everyday, meaning 1: Turbid water or liquid is cloudy or muddy because it has mud, sand or other bits stirred up in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Turbid can also describe confused or unclear thoughts or writing.↗ Example: After the storm the river was turbid and brown.↗ · We tested whether the pond water was clear or turbid.↗ · Fish find it hard to see in turbid water.↗ · The turbid water slowly cleared as the mud settled.↗ · Filtering made the turbid sample clear.↗ · The essay was turbid and hard to follow.↗

turbine — Everyday, meaning 1: A turbine is a machine with blades that are turned by moving wind, water, steam or gas, and the turning is used to make electricity or power.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wind turbine is a tall tower with big blades that the wind spins to make electricity.↗ Example: Wind turbines on the hill turn slowly in the breeze.↗ · A wind farm is a group of many turbines.↗ · Water rushing through the dam spins the turbines.↗ · The steam turns a turbine, which drives a generator.↗ · Turbines make electricity without burning coal.↗ · We built a little paper turbine and held it over a fan.↗ · Jet engines have turbines inside them.↗

turbot — Everyday, meaning 1: A turbot is a flat sea fish with both eyes on one side of its head, eaten as food.↗ Example: The fishmonger sold a fresh turbot.↗ · A big turbot lay on the ice.↗ · Trout, salmon and turbot lay ready on the plates.↗

turbulence — Everyday, meaning 1: Turbulence is sudden, uneven movement of air or water that makes a plane shake or a boat rock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A time of confusion, trouble or sudden change.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Turbulence can also describe a wild, stormy or restless character.↗ Example: The plane shook because of turbulence.↗ · Keep your seat belt on in case of turbulence.↗ · The pilot warned us about turbulence ahead.↗ · Turbulence is uncomfortable but usually not dangerous.↗ · The river rapids create turbulence in the water.↗ · The country went through a time of turbulence.↗ · The attitude is that of thoughtful repose, but the short, curly hair, dilated nostrils, and strongly marked features leave no doubt as to the force and turbulence of his character.↗