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- tardiness noun (tardiness — uncountable)
Tardiness is being late, especially arriving late to school, work or a meeting. - tardy adjective (tardy, tardier, tardiest); noun (a tardy, tardies — US school slang)
Tardy means late, arriving after the right time: «Don't be tardy for class». - target noun (a target, targets); verb (target, targets, targeted, targeting)
A target is a thing you aim at and try to hit, like the circle in archery or darts. - tariff noun (a tariff, tariffs)
A tariff is a tax that a country makes people pay on goods brought in from another country. - tarmac noun (tarmac, uncountable; the tarmac)
Tarmac is a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of crushed stones mixed with tar. - tarnish verb (tarnish, tarnishes, tarnished, tarnishing); noun (tarnish, uncountable)
To tarnish is when metal like silver, brass or copper loses its shine and gets dull or dark, because of the air. - taro noun (taro — uncountable; a taro, taros)
Taro is a tropical plant grown for its large, starchy root (corm), which is cooked and eaten like a potato. - tarpan noun (a tarpan, tarpans)
The tarpan was a wild horse that lived in Europe and western Asia, including the steppes of Ukraine and Russia; it is now extinct. - tarry verb (tarry, tarries, tarried, tarrying)
1) (old use) To tarry is to stay somewhere for a while or to wait before going on. 2) (old use) To tarry is to be slow to act, or to delay. - tarsier noun (a tarsier, tarsiers)
1) A tarsier is a tiny primate from islands in South-East Asia, such as the Philippines and Borneo, with huge round eyes, long back legs… - tarsus noun (a tarsus, plural tarsi)
The tarsus is the group of small bones in the ankle and upper foot (science). - tart noun (a tart, tarts); adjective (tart, tarter, tartest); verb (tart up — informal, UK)
A tart is an open pie made of pastry with a sweet or savoury filling, like jam or fruit. - tartan noun (a tartan, tartans; also uncountable); adjective (tartan)
1) Tartan is a pattern of coloured stripes crossing each other at right angles, making squares; it is woven into woollen cloth, especially… - tartar noun (tartar — uncountable; a Tartar, Tartars)
Tartar is a hard yellowish coating that builds up on teeth if they are not cleaned well. - tartaric adjective (tartaric)
1) (science) Tartaric describes tartaric acid, a natural acid found in grapes, bananas and tamarinds; it is used in cooking, baking powder… - tartly adverb
In a sharp way, with a little unkind edge, as when someone is annoyed and speaks briefly. - tarzan noun (Tarzan — a name; a Tarzan — informal)
1) (a name) Tarzan is a made-up character created by the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in the novel "Tarzan of the Apes" (1912): a… - task noun (a task, tasks); verb (task, tasked — formal)
A task is a piece of work that someone has to do, often given by someone else. - tasmanian adjective (Tasmanian); noun (a Tasmanian, Tasmanians)
Tasmanian means from or about Tasmania, the island state in the south of Australia. - tassel noun (a tassel, tassels)
1) A tassel is a bunch of threads or strings tied together at the top and hanging loose at the bottom, used for decoration on cushions… - taste noun (taste, tastes); verb (taste, tastes, tasted, tasting)
The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste". - tasteless adjective
1) Tasteless food has little or no flavour. 2) Something tasteless is rude, unkind or not suitable, like a tasteless joke. 3) Tasteless… - tasty adjective (tasty, tastier, tastiest)
Having a good, pleasant flavour: "a tasty sandwich". - tat noun (tat — uncountable, informal UK); verb (tat, tats, tatted, tatting — rare)
Tat is cheap, tasteless or useless things, like junk sold at a fair: «The shop sells tourist tat». - tatar noun (a Tatar, Tatars; Tatar — the language); adjective (Tatar)
A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries. - tatter noun (tatters)
A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper. «In tatters» means torn into many pieces, very worn or ragged. - tattered adjective
Torn and ragged, old and worn out at the edges. - tattler noun (tattlers)
A tattler is a person who tells other people's secrets or spreads gossip, often to get into trouble. - tattletale noun (a tattletale, tattletales)
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… - tattling verb (present participle of tattle: tattle, tattles, tattled, tattling); noun (tattling — uncountable)
Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American). - tattoo noun (a tattoo, tattoos); verb (tattoo, tattoos, tattooed, tattooing)
A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there. - tatty adjective (tatty, tattier, tattiest) — informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ
Old, worn out and in poor condition, a bit shabby. - tatu noun (Ukrainian: тату, vocative "Tatu!"); also other languages
"Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly: "Tatu!" means "Dad!". - taunt verb (taunt, taunts, taunted, taunting); noun (taunts)
To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry. - taurus noun (Taurus)
Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull. - tavern noun (taverns)
(old use) A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink. - tawny adjective (tawny, tawnier, tawniest); noun (tawny — rare)
Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur. - tax noun (a tax, taxes); verb (tax, taxes, taxed, taxing)
Money that people and businesses must pay to the government to pay for things like schools, roads, hospitals and police. - taxation noun (taxation — usually no plural)
Taxation is the system of taking money (taxes) from people and businesses to pay for things a government provides. - taxi noun (a taxi, taxis); verb (taxi, taxies / taxis, taxied, taxiing)
A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go. - taxman noun (the taxman; a taxman, taxmen)
The taxman is the government office that collects taxes, spoken of as if it were one person. - taxonomic adjective (taxonomic; more taxonomic is not used)
Taxonomic means to do with sorting living things into named groups, such as kingdom, family, genus and species. - taxpayer noun (a taxpayer, taxpayers)
1) A person or business that pays taxes (money) to the government. - tay noun (Tay — a name); noun (tay — dialect)
1) (a name) The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland (about 190 km), flowing past Perth and into the sea at Dundee; also Loch Tay… - te noun (te — a music note; also spelt ti); also French and Māori word (te)
1) In tonic sol-fa singing (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, te), «te» is the seventh note of the major scale, just below the top do; it is spelt… - tea noun (tea, uncountable; a tea, teas)
Tea is a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto dried leaves of the tea plant. - teach verb (teach, teaches, taught, teaching)
To teach means to help someone learn something by showing or explaining it. - teachable adjective (teachable)
1) (of a person or animal) Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy. 2) (of a subject or skill) Able to be taught: Kindness is… - teacher noun (teacher, teachers)
A teacher is a person whose job is to help pupils learn, at school or in a class. - teaching noun (teachings)
Teaching is the work of showing or explaining things so that others learn them. - teacup noun (a teacup, teacups)
A teacup is a cup used for drinking tea, often with a handle and a saucer. - teal noun (teal, teals — the duck; plural often teal); noun (teal — the colour, uncountable); adjective (teal)
Teal is a blue-green colour, darker than turquoise. - team noun, verb (team, teams, teamed, teaming)
A team is a group of people who play a sport or game together against others. - teammate noun (a teammate, teammates)
1) A teammate is a person who is on the same team as you, in a sport, game or school project. - teamwork noun (teamwork — uncountable)
1) Working together well as a group to reach a shared goal, each person helping the others. - teapot noun (a teapot, teapots)
A teapot is a pot with a handle, a lid and a spout, used for making and pouring tea. - tear noun (a tear, tears — rhymes with «ear»); noun (a tear, tears — rhymes with «air»); verb (tear, tears, tore, torn, tearing — rhymes with «air»)
A tear (rhymes with «ear») is a drop of salty water that comes from your eye, when you cry, laugh a lot or get something in your eye. - teardrop noun (a teardrop, teardrops); adjective-like before a noun (a teardrop shape)
A teardrop is a single tear falling from the eye. - tearful adjective (more tearful, most tearful)
1) Tearful means crying, or close to tears, with wet eyes or a shaky voice. - teary adjective (teary, tearier, teariest)
Teary means full of tears or close to crying: teary eyes, a teary goodbye. - tease verb (tease, teases, teased, teasing); noun (a tease, teases)
To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them, in a friendly way or an unkind way. - teased verb (tease, teases, teased, teasing — "teased" is the past form); adjective (teased hair)
Laughed at someone or made jokes about them, either in a friendly, playful way or in an unkind way that hurts. - teaser noun (a teaser, teasers)
A teaser is a short puzzle or question that makes you think hard, often called a brain teaser. - teasing noun (teasing — uncountable); verb form (teasing, from tease); adjective (teasing)
Teasing is making fun of someone or annoying them with words or tricks, sometimes in a friendly way and sometimes in a hurtful way. - teaspoon noun (a teaspoon, teaspoons); also teaspoonful (a teaspoonful); abbreviation tsp
A teaspoon is a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for eating some foods. - teat noun (a teat, teats)
A teat is the small, soft part on a female mammal's body that her babies suck to get milk; cows, goats and pigs have teats. - teatime noun (teatime — uncountable)
The time in the late afternoon or early evening when people eat their evening meal, often called «tea». - tech noun, adjective (tech, techs)
Tech is a short word for technology, like computers, phones and the internet. - technical adjective (technical, more technical, most technical)
Technical means to do with science, machines, computers or practical skills. - technically adverb (technically)
1) Technically means according to the exact rules or facts, even if it doesn't seem that way in everyday life, as in "Technically, a… - technique noun (a technique, techniques)
A technique is a special way of doing something that needs skill, like a painting technique or a swimming technique. - technology noun (technology — uncountable; a technology, technologies — one kind)
The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools, machines and ways of doing things. - tectonics noun (tectonics; plate tectonics) — uncountable, takes a singular verb
1) (science) Tectonics, or plate tectonics, is the idea that the Earth's outer shell is broken into huge pieces called plates that move… - ted noun (a ted, teds — informal, UK); verb (ted, teds, tedded, tedding — farming); also a name (Ted)
1) (informal, UK, Australia) A teddy bear: «my old ted». 2) (UK, history) A Teddy boy, a young man in the past who wore a special smart… - teddy noun (a teddy, teddies; teddy bear)
A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly. - tedious adjective (tedious, more tedious, most tedious); adverb «tediously»; noun «tedium»
1) Long, slow and boring; tiring because it goes on and on. 2) (of a person) Annoying because they are boring. - tee noun (a tee, tees); verb (tee, tees, teed, teeing — usually «tee up», «tee off»)
A tee is a small peg, often wooden or plastic, that holds a golf ball up before it is hit. - teem verb (teem, teems, teemed, teeming)
To teem with something is to be full of it, crowded with lots of living things moving about: «The pond teemed with tadpoles». - teen noun (a teen, teens); adjective (teen); combining form (-teen, as in thirteen)
1) (informal) A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19. 2) (adjective) For or about teenagers: a teen magazine. 3) In your teens: aged between… - teenage adjective (teenage)
1) Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years". - teenager noun (a teenager, teenagers)
1) A person between 13 and 19 years old. - teens noun (plural: the teens, one's teens)
Your teens are the years of your life when your age ends in «-teen», from 13 to 19. - teeny adjective (teeny, teenier, teeniest)
1) (informal) Very small; tiny. 2) In «teeny-weeny» or «teeny-tiny» (informal, childish): extremely small. 3) Teeny can also mean a tiny… - teepee noun (teepees)
1) A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples. (Also spelled tepee.) - teethe verb (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething)
1) When a baby teethes, its first teeth are growing through the gums, which can make the baby sore, grumpy and dribbly. - teething noun (teething — uncountable); adjective (teething); also the -ing form of teethe (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething)
The time when a baby's first teeth are growing through the gums, which can be sore. - telegram noun (telegrams)
1) A telegram is a short written message sent by wire or radio, once paid for by the word. - telegraph noun (a telegraph, the telegraph); verb (telegraph, telegraphs, telegraphed, telegraphing)
The telegraph was an old way of sending messages over long distances along wires, using electric signals like Morse code. - telegraphic adjective (telegraphic)
Telegraphic means to do with the telegraph, the old machine that sent messages along wires as electric signals. - telephone noun (telephone, telephones; short: phone); verb (telephone, telephones, telephoned, telephoning — formal)
A telephone is a machine for talking to someone far away by sending sounds as electrical or radio signals. - teleport verb (teleport, teleports, teleported, teleporting); noun (a teleport — a place or device for teleporting, in games and stories)
1) To teleport is to move from one place to another instantly, without travelling through the space between; it happens only in science… - telescope noun (a telescope, telescopes)
1) A tube with lenses or mirrors that makes far-away things, like stars and planets, look bigger and closer. - televise verb (televise, televises, televised, televising)
1) To televise something is to show it on television, often live as it happens: the match will be televised. - television noun (a television, televisions; television — uncountable)
A television (TV) is a machine with a screen that shows programmes with pictures and sound. - tell verb (tell, tells, told, telling); noun (a tell — a sign that gives you away, in games)
To tell is to say something to someone so they know it. - teller noun (a teller, tellers)
A teller is a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and paying out money. - telling adjective (telling, more telling, most telling); also the present participle and gerund of «tell» (tell, tells, told, telling); noun (a telling, tellings)
Saying or reporting something: «She is telling a story». - telltale adjective (telltale; also tell-tale); noun (a telltale, telltales)
A telltale sign is a small clue that shows something is true or has happened: telltale crumbs on his face. - telly noun (the telly, tellies — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, informal)
1) (informal, UK) Telly is a television set. 2) (informal, UK) Telly is the programmes shown on television. - temp noun (a temp, temps); verb (temp, temps, temped, temping); abbreviation (temp. = temperature, temporary)
A temp is a worker who works for a company only for a short time, often through an agency.
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