📖 T — The English dictionary · page 8

tastest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth.↗ e.g. "a sweet taste".↗ Example: Wherefore this shall befall thee on thy way home: thou shalt come upon an apple-tree covered with apples by the wayside, and straightway thou shalt long to eat of them, and the moment thou tastest thereof thou shalt burst.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales)

tasty — Everyday, meaning 1: Having a good, pleasant flavour.↗ e.g. "a tasty sandwich".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tasty can also mean clever or skilful at doing something, especially in a stylish way.↗ Example: This soup is really tasty.↗ · Strawberries are a tasty, healthy snack.↗ · Grandma makes the tastiest apple pie.↗ · The pizza looks tasty.↗ · We made a tasty salad in class.↗ · Honey is tasty on toast.↗ · And he knew one thing more: he could embroider suspenders with roses and other flowers, and with arabesques, for he was a tasty, light-fingered fellow.↗

tat — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, informal) Tat is cheap, tasteless or useless things, like junk sold at a fair: «The shop sells tourist tat».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tit for tat means paying someone back in the same way for something bad they did to you.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (slang) Tat is short for tattoo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (crafts) To tat is to make lace by tatting, using a small shuttle and thread.↗ Example: Dad said the souvenir shop was full of tat.↗ · Don't waste your pocket money on plastic tat.↗ · It turned into a tit-for-tat argument about who pushed first.↗ · My uncle has a dragon tat on his arm.↗ · The jumble sale had some treasures among the tat.↗ · Grandma taught me to tat lace with a shuttle.↗

tatar — Everyday, meaning 1: A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The language spoken by Tatars.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: adjective Belonging to these people, their language or their culture.↗ Example: Tatars have lived in Crimea for hundreds of years.↗ · Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan, where many Tatars live.↗ · She speaks Tatar with her grandmother.↗ · Crimean Tatar food includes a pastry called chebureki.↗ · The Tatar language is related to Turkish.↗ · We read about Tatar horsemen in our history book.↗

tatter — Everyday, meaning 1: A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper.↗ «In tatters» means torn into many pieces, very worn or ragged.↗ Example: His coat hung in tatters.↗ · The flag was torn to tatters by the storm.↗ · She wore rags and tatters.↗

tattered — Everyday, meaning 1: Torn and ragged, old and worn out at the edges.↗ Example: The beggar wore a tattered cloak.↗ · The old book had tattered pages.↗ · The prince gave his tattered robes to the poor.↗

tattler — Everyday, meaning 1: A tattler is a person who tells other people's secrets or spreads gossip, often to get into trouble.↗ Example: Don't be a tattler and tell the teacher everything.↗ · The tattler spread the story around the village.↗

tattletale — Everyday, meaning 1: A tattletale is a person, often a child, who tells a teacher or parent about other people's small mistakes, usually to get them into trouble.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is an informal, unkind name, mostly used in the USA and Canada.↗ Example: Don't be a tattletale about every little thing.↗ · They called him a tattletale for telling the teacher.↗ · Telling an adult when someone is hurt is not being a tattletale.↗ · «Tattletale!» shouted his sister.↗ · In the UK, a tattletale is often called a telltale.↗ · If it's a safety problem, always tell.↗

tattling — Everyday, meaning 1: Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tattling can also mean gossiping or chattering.↗ Example: Stop tattling on your little brother.↗ · Is that tattling or telling?↗ · Telling an adult that someone is hurt is not tattling.↗ · She kept tattling about who was talking in class.↗ · Nobody likes it when you are always tattling.↗ · My teacher said, «If it's dangerous, it's not tattling.»↗ · He was called a tattletale for tattling.↗

tattoo — Everyday, meaning 1: A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make such a picture on someone's skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A military show with music, marching and drums, often at night, like the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A steady beating or tapping sound, like rain drumming.↗ Example: My uncle has a tattoo of an anchor on his arm.↗ · We put on temporary tattoos at the party.↗ · In many countries you must be 18 to get a tattoo.↗ · Māori tā moko are traditional tattoos with special meaning.↗ · We watched the military tattoo with bagpipes and drums.↗ · Rain beat a tattoo on the tin roof.↗ · The artist tattooed a dragon on her back.↗ · They sang in unison a merry dance-song, and beat a lively tattoo on the drum.↗

tatty — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Old, worn out and in poor condition, a bit shabby.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Of poor quality or cheap-looking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tatty can also be a name for a character, such as Tatty Mouse.↗ Example: My favourite teddy is very tatty now.↗ · He wore a tatty old jumper.↗ · The library book was tatty and torn.↗ · The sofa looks a bit tatty, so we're getting a new one.↗ · The posters on the wall were tatty around the edges.↗ · Don't wear those tatty trainers to the party!↗ · Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house,↗

tatu — Everyday, meaning 1: (Ukrainian) "Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly.↗ e.g. "Tatu!" means "Dad!".↗ The ordinary form is "tato" (тато) — dad.↗ It sounds like "TAH-too" to an English ear.↗ It is not an English word.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Swahili) "Tatu" means the number three.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Portuguese) "Tatu" means armadillo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: t.A.T.u. was the name of a Russian pop duo.↗ Example: (Ukrainian) "Tatu, look at my drawing!"↗ Olenka shouted.↗ · (Ukrainian) "Tatu" means "Dad!" when you call him.↗ · (Ukrainian) When talking about him, Ukrainian children say "tato" — dad.↗ · (Ukrainian) "Dobranich, tatu!" means "Good night, Dad!"↗ · (Swahili) Moja, mbili, tatu — one, two, three.↗ · (Portuguese) In Brazil, "tatu" is an armadillo.↗ · Ukrainian has a special calling form, so "tato" becomes "tatu".↗

tau — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also spelled Tav, or a letter of the Greek alphabet.↗ Example: The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

taunt — Everyday, meaning 1: To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A taunt is a cruel remark said to tease or hurt someone.↗ Example: The Peacock taunted the Crane about her plain feathers.↗ · He shouted a taunt at the runner.↗ · Don't rise to their taunts.↗ · Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed?↗ (Prophets ISA.37.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me; (Writings LAM.3.61, JPS 1917)↗ · And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.21.21, JPS 1917)↗

taurus — Everyday, meaning 1: Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In astrology, Taurus is a star sign for people born from about late April to late May.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Latin) Taurus means «bull».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Taurus is also a name used for mountains in Turkey and for some products like cars.↗ Example: Taurus looks like the head of a bull in the night sky.↗ · The Pleiades star cluster is in Taurus.↗ · My sister is a Taurus because her birthday is in May.↗ · Aldebaran is the red eye of Taurus the bull.↗ · The Taurus Mountains are in southern Turkey.↗ · [paragraph continues] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · God produced Vau, predominant in Mind, crowned, combined, and formed Taurus in the world, Yiar in the year, and the right kidney of man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · He produced Vau, predominant in mind, crowned it, combined and formed with it Taurus in the Universe, Aiar in the Year, and the right kidney of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

tavern — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink.↗ Example: We met in the tavern after work.↗ · The artists sat by the fire in the tavern.↗ · The tavern was full of noisy sailors.↗

taw — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Another way of spelling Tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.↗ Example: Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · This is certainly an editorial error, confusing a Chet for a Taw.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The Samaritans still to this day preserve a tradition allowing Resh to occur in both single and double forms, bearing a distinction comparable to the difference between the Spanish single r of pero and double rr of perro.]↗ Taw-Thaw.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

tawny — Everyday, meaning 1: Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tawny owl is a common brown owl in Britain and Europe.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Tawny port is a kind of brown wine (for adults).↗ Example: The lion shook its tawny mane.↗ · A tawny owl hooted in the woods at night.↗ · Her tawny hair glowed in the sunshine.↗ · The hills were tawny with dry grass.↗ · The tawny frogmouth is an Australian bird.↗ · Oh, come with me, Connla of the Fiery Hair, ruddy as the dawn with thy tawny skin.↗

tax — Everyday, meaning 1: Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to pay for things like schools, roads, hospitals and police.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb, to make people pay tax on something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To tax something can also mean to make it work hard or tire it.↗ e.g. "a taxing job".↗ Example: Taxes help pay for schools and roads.↗ · The price was 10 dollars plus tax.↗ · In Australia, GST is added to most things you buy.↗ · The government taxes petrol.↗ · Grown-ups pay income tax on the money they earn.↗ · Climbing that steep hill was very taxing.↗ · The colonists were angry about the tax on tea.↗ · “Have you been for the tax?” said the giant.↗ · And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.9, JPS 1917)↗

taxation — Everyday, meaning 1: Taxation is the system of taking money (taxes) from people and businesses to pay for things a government provides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Taxation is the amount of money taken as tax.↗ Example: Taxation pays for schools and hospitals.↗ · The people were angry about unfair taxation.↗ · The government changed its rules on taxation.↗ · High taxation can make things cost more.↗ · In history, taxation without a say in the government caused protests.↗ · Taxation is a big topic in elections.↗

taxi — Everyday, meaning 1: A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When a plane taxis, it moves slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing.↗ Example: We took a taxi to the station.↗ · Mum called a taxi because it was raining.↗ · The taxi driver helped with our bags.↗ · The plane taxied to the runway.↗ · There is a taxi rank outside the airport.↗ · A taxi costs 3 dollars to start plus 2 dollars a kilometre; 5 km costs 13 dollars.↗ · New York taxis are yellow.↗

taxman — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who collects taxes for the government.↗ Example: Dad grumbled that the taxman takes a big part of his pay.↗ · You must tell the taxman how much money you earn.↗ · In the story, the taxman came to the village every spring.↗ · Mum owes the taxman a little money this year.↗ · The shop has to keep records for the taxman.↗ · In the Bible, Zacchaeus was a taxman who changed his ways.↗ · Everyone has to pay the taxman, even famous people.↗

taxonomic — Everyday, meaning 1: Taxonomic means to do with sorting living things into named groups, such as kingdom, family, genus and species.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: More broadly, it means to do with any careful system of naming and grouping things.↗ Example: Lions and tigers are in the same taxonomic family, the cat family.↗ · Our class made a taxonomic key to sort the minibeasts we found.↗ · Species is the smallest main taxonomic rank.↗ · Scientists argued about the taxonomic place of the giant panda for years.↗ · A taxonomic name is usually written in Latin, like Homo sapiens.↗ · The museum labels show each fossil's taxonomic group.↗ · The library uses a kind of taxonomic system to sort books by subject.↗

taxpayer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or business that pays taxes (money) to the government.↗ Example: Taxpayers' money pays for our school.↗ · The new bridge cost the taxpayer millions.↗ · Every worker is a taxpayer.↗ · The government must spend taxpayers' money wisely.↗ · The minister said the plan would save taxpayers money.↗ · If a taxpayer earns £500 and pays 20% tax, she pays £100.↗