T — The school dictionary · page 71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10tortoiseshellTortoiseshell is the hard, brown-and-yellow mottled shell material that comes from the hawksbill sea turtle (not from tortoises), once use…12 sentencestortureCausing great pain to someone on purpose, to punish them or make them say something.10 sentencestossTo toss means to throw something lightly: toss the ball to me.14 sentencestotA very small child, a toddler.10 sentencestotalThe total is the whole amount you get when you add everything up.21 sentencestotalledTotalled means added up to a number: «the bill totalled ten pounds».10 sentencestotallyTotally means completely, in every way.11 sentencestoteTo tote something is to carry it, especially a heavy load, by hand or on your back.5 sentencestotterTo totter is to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over, because you are weak, old or tired.5 sentencestoucanA toucan is a tropical bird from Central and South America with black feathers and a huge, brightly coloured beak.10 sentencestouchTo put your hand or another part of your body on something.18 sentencestouchdownA touchdown is the moment when a plane or spacecraft lands on the ground.10 sentencestouchedTouched means put a hand or part of the body on something, or came into contact with it.12 sentencestouchingAs part of the verb, touching means putting your hand or another part on something, or being in contact: «Stop touching the paint».12 sentencestouchlineThe touchline is one of the two long side lines of a football, rugby or hockey pitch; when the ball goes over it, it is out of play.8 sentencestouchstoneA dark stone that people once rubbed gold on to test whether it was real.5 sentencestouchyA touchy person gets upset or annoyed very easily.10 sentencestoughTough means strong and not easily broken, cut or damaged: «tough boots».14 sentencestoughenTo toughen something is to make it stronger and harder to break or damage.9 sentencestoughnessToughness is being strong and hard to break, bend or damage.10 sentencestourA tour is a trip visiting several places, like a tour of a city.13 sentencestourismTourism is the business of people travelling to places for holidays and of providing them with hotels, trips and things to see.8 sentencestouristA tourist is a person who travels to a place for fun, to see it and visit its sights.10 sentencestournamentA tournament is a competition with many games or matches, where players or teams try to win.11 sentencestousledUntidy and messy, especially of hair: tousled hair looks as if you have just woken up.7 sentencestoutTo tout means to try hard to sell something or to praise it loudly, so people will buy or believe it.9 sentencestowTo tow something is to pull it behind a vehicle or boat, using a rope, chain or bar.11 sentencestowelA towel is a piece of thick soft cloth or paper used to dry your body, hands or dishes.10 sentencestowellingTowelling is a thick, soft, absorbent cotton cloth with little loops, used to make towels, bathrobes and baby bibs.9 sentencestowerA tower is a tall, narrow building or part of a building, like a castle tower or a clock tower.12 sentencestownA town is a place where many people live and work, bigger than a village and smaller than a city.12 sentencestownsfolkTownsfolk are the people who live in a particular town, or town people in general as opposed to country people.9 sentencestownspeopleThe people who live in a town, especially when thought of all together.8 sentencestownyTowny describes someone or something that belongs to the town, not the countryside, or that likes town life (informal).7 sentencestowpathA path along the bank of a river or canal, where horses once walked pulling barges and boats with ropes.8 sentencestoxicToxic means poisonous, able to harm or kill living things if swallowed, breathed in or touched.9 sentencestoxicityToxicity is how poisonous or harmful a substance is.8 sentencestoxinA toxin is a poison, especially one made by a living thing such as a plant, animal, fungus or germ.7 sentencestoyA toy is a thing children play with, like a doll, a ball, a teddy or a toy car.12 sentencestraceTo trace a picture is to copy it by drawing over its lines through thin paper.13 sentencestraceableAble to be found or followed back to where it started.9 sentencestrackA track is a path or course for running or racing: a running track.15 sentencestrackerA person who follows the tracks or signs of animals or people to find them.11 sentencestractA tract is a large area of land or water.10 sentencestractionTraction is the grip that stops a wheel, shoe or tyre from slipping on a surface.11 sentencestractorA tractor is a strong farm vehicle with big back wheels, used to pull ploughs, trailers and other machines.9 sentencestradeTrade is the buying and selling of goods between people, shops or countries.13 sentencestraderA trader is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, such as a market trader.10 sentencestradesmanA tradesman is a person with skilled practical work, such as a plumber, electrician or builder.9 sentencestraditionA custom, belief or way of doing things that has been passed down from older people to younger people for a long time.11 sentencestraditionalTraditional means done the same way for a long time and passed down from older people to younger people.10 sentencestraditionallyTraditionally means in the way that has been done for a long time by a family, group or country.8 sentencestrafficThe cars, buses, lorries, bikes and other vehicles moving on roads.12 sentencestragedyA tragedy is a very sad event that causes great suffering, damage or death, like a terrible accident or disaster.11 sentencestragicTragic means very sad, usually because someone has died or suffered something terrible.11 sentencestragicallyTragically means in a very sad way, usually because someone died or something terrible happened.11 sentencestrailA trail is a path through the countryside, a forest or mountains.12 sentencestrailerA trailer is a wheeled box or platform pulled behind a car, truck or tractor to carry things or animals.11 sentencestrainA train is a line of railway carriages or wagons pulled by an engine along tracks.15 sentencestraineeA trainee is a person who is being taught how to do a job.7 sentencestrainerA person who teaches people or animals to do something, especially a sport or a skill, like a football trainer or a dog trainer.11 sentencestraitA trait is a quality that is part of someone's character, like being brave, shy or kind.11 sentencestraitorA traitor is a person who betrays their country, for example by helping its enemies.11 sentencestraitressA woman who betrays a friend, a family or her country (old use for a female traitor).3 sentencestrajectoryA trajectory is the curved path that a thrown, kicked or fired object follows through the air or space.9 sentencestramA tram is a public passenger vehicle that runs on rails along city streets, usually powered by electricity from wires above.9 sentencestrampA person with no home or job who wanders from place to place (older word; now people say «homeless person»).14 sentencestrampleTo trample something is to step heavily on it and crush or damage it: don't trample the flowers.9 sentencestrampolineA trampoline is a strong piece of stretchy material held tight by springs on a frame, which you jump up and down on.7 sentencestranceA state like being half asleep or dreaming, when you are awake but do not notice what is around you.11 sentencestranquilCalm, quiet and peaceful.5 sentencestranquillityTranquillity is a calm, quiet, peaceful state, with no noise, hurry or worry.10 sentencestranquillyIn a calm, quiet, unworried way.4 sentencestransactTo carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word).4 sentencestransactionA transaction is an act of buying or selling something, or of moving money, such as paying in a shop, withdrawing cash or sending money on…11 sentencestransactionsTransactions are acts of buying, selling, paying or moving money, like paying at a till or moving money between bank accounts.10 sentencestransatlanticTransatlantic means crossing the Atlantic Ocean, such as a flight or voyage between Europe and America.9 sentencestranscribedWrote down exactly what someone said, or what was recorded.11 sentencestranscriptA written or printed copy of words that were spoken, such as a speech, interview or recording.9 sentencestranscriptionA transcription is a written copy of something that was spoken, recorded or written somewhere else.11 sentencestransferTo move someone or something from one place, person or group to another.12 sentencestransferableTransferable means able to be moved or handed from one person, place or thing to another.10 sentencestransfixTo pierce something through with a sharp point, such as a spear.4 sentencestransfixedHeld completely still by fear, wonder or surprise.4 sentencestransformTo transform something is to change it completely, often making it better: the garden was transformed.12 sentencestransformationA transformation is a big change in how someone or something looks, works or behaves.11 sentencestransformedTransformed means changed completely in shape, look or nature.10 sentencestransformerA transformer is a device that changes the voltage of electricity, making it higher or lower.10 sentencestransgressionAn action that breaks a rule, law or moral code; a wrongdoing.9 sentencestransientTransient means lasting only a short time.9 sentencestransitTransit is the act of carrying people or goods from one place to another: the parcel was lost in transit.10 sentencestransitionA transition is a change from one state, place or stage to another.11 sentencestranslateTo translate is to change words from one language into another.10 sentencestranslationChanging words from one language into another.13 sentencestranslatorA person whose job is to change writing from one language into another.10 sentencestranslocateTo translocate is to move something from one place to another, especially to move wild animals or plants to a new home to keep them safe.8 sentencestranslucentLetting some light pass through, but you cannot see clearly through it.8 sentencestransmissibleTransmissible means able to be passed from one person, animal or thing to another, especially a disease.10 sentencestransmissionThe passing of something from one person, place or thing to another: the transmission of disease.10 sentencestransmitTo send out radio, TV or electronic signals.10 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/