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- transmitted verb, past tense and past participle of «transmit» (transmit, transmits, transmitted, transmitting)
Sent out a signal, such as radio, TV, phone or internet. - transmute verb (transmute, transmutes, transmuted, transmuting)
1) (formal) To transmute means to change something completely into something different, in form or nature: "The caterpillar is transmuted… - transparency noun (transparency — uncountable; a transparency, transparencies)
Transparency is being see-through, letting light pass so you can see clearly through, like glass or clean water. - transparent adjective (transparent, more transparent, most transparent)
Clear, so that you can see through it clearly: "Glass is transparent.". - transpiration noun (transpiration — uncountable)
The way plants lose water as water vapour through tiny holes in their leaves. - transplant noun (a transplant, transplants); verb (transplant, transplants, transplanted, transplanting)
noun (medicine): An operation in which a damaged organ (heart, kidney, liver) is replaced with a healthy one from a donor. - transport noun (transport — uncountable; US transportation); verb (transport, transports, transported, transporting)
noun: Transport is a way of moving people or goods from one place to another, such as cars, buses, trains, planes and ships. - transportation noun (transportation – uncountable)
Moving people or goods from one place to another. - transporter noun (a transporter, transporters)
A transporter is a large vehicle that carries other vehicles or heavy loads, like a car transporter lorry. - transversely adverb (transversely)
1) Transversely means across, lying or moving from side to side, at a right angle to the length of something: "Cut the carrot transversely… - trap noun (a trap, traps); verb (trap, traps, trapped, trapping)
A trap is a device for catching animals, such as a mousetrap. - trapped verb form (past and past participle of trap: trapped); adjective
Trapped means caught so that you cannot get away or get out. - trapper noun (a trapper, trappers)
A trapper is a person who catches wild animals in traps, especially for their fur. - trapping verb, -ing form of «trap» (trap, traps, trapped, trapping); noun (trapping; trappings — plural)
1) Trapping means catching animals in traps. 2) Trapping means keeping someone or something in a place they cannot get out of. 3) Trapping… - trappist adjective (Trappist); noun (a Trappist, Trappists)
1) (church) A Trappist is a Catholic monk or nun of a strict order (the Cistercians of the Strict Observance), known for prayer, hard work… - trash noun (trash — uncountable); verb (trash, trashes, trashed, trashing)
Trash is rubbish, things you throw away (US, Canada). - trauma noun (trauma — uncountable; a trauma, traumas)
A very upsetting or frightening experience that can hurt someone's mind and feelings for a long time. - travail noun (travail, travails); verb (travail, travails, travailed, travailing — old)
1) (formal, old) Travail is very hard, tiring work or effort. 2) Travails (plural) are difficulties and troubles someone goes through… - travel verb, noun (travel, travels, traveled or travelled, traveling or travelling)
To travel means to go from one place to another, often a long way. - traveler noun (travelers; the usual British spelling is traveller)
A person who is making a journey, often far from home. - travelled verb (past tense and past participle of travel)
1) Went from one place to another, especially far away: "We travelled to Scotland." 2) Moved: "Sound travels through air." - traveller noun (traveller, travellers; US spelling traveler)
A traveller is a person who goes on a trip from one place to another, or who travels a lot. - travelling verb form (travel, travels, travelled, travelling); noun (travelling); adjective (travelling — a travelling circus)
Travelling means going from one place to another, especially far away, on a trip or journey. - traverse verb (traverse, traverses, traversed, traversing); noun (a traverse, traverses)
To traverse a place is to travel across or through it. - tray noun (tray, trays)
A tray is a flat board with low edges for carrying food, cups or plates. - treacherous adjective (treacherous, more treacherous, most treacherous)
Treacherous describes a person who betrays people who trust them, like a traitor. - treachery noun (treachery — uncountable; treacheries)
1) Betraying someone who trusts you; being disloyal or false. 2) Hidden danger: the treachery of thin ice. - treacle noun (treacle, uncountable)
A thick, sticky, dark sweet syrup made when sugar is refined; black treacle is very dark, golden syrup is a light kind. - tread verb (tread, treads, trod, trodden, treading); noun (tread — the way someone walks; a tread — part of a step or tyre)
To walk or step on something, often pressing it down. - treadmill noun (a treadmill, treadmills)
A treadmill is an exercise machine with a moving belt that you walk or run on without going anywhere. - treadwheel noun (a treadwheel, treadwheels; also «treadmill»)
A large wheel turned by people or animals walking on steps or boards inside or around it, used in the past to grind corn or pump water. - treason noun (treason — uncountable)
Treason is the crime of betraying your own country, for example by helping its enemies or trying to overthrow its ruler or government. - treasure noun (treasure; a treasure, treasures); verb (treasure, treasures, treasured, treasuring)
Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden. - treasurer noun (a treasurer, treasurers)
1) The person in a club, school council, charity or organisation who looks after the money, keeps records of what comes in and goes out… - treasury noun (a treasury, treasuries; the Treasury)
The government department that manages a country's money, taxes and spending. - treat verb (treat, treats, treated, treating); noun (a treat, treats)
To behave towards someone or something in a certain way: «Treat others kindly». - treater noun (a treater, treaters) — rare
A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice. - treatise noun (treatises)
A long, serious piece of writing that explains a subject in detail. - treatment noun (treatment, a treatment, treatments)
Treatment is the care given by a doctor, nurse or other helper to make someone better when they are ill or injured. - treaty noun (a treaty, treaties)
1) A written agreement between countries or nations, for example to end a war, to trade or to share land. - treble verb (treble, trebles, trebled, trebling); adjective (treble); noun (a treble, trebles); determiner (treble the amount)
To treble is to become three times as big, or to make something three times as big. - trebuchet noun (a trebuchet, trebuchets)
1) A trebuchet is a huge medieval siege machine like a giant catapult that throws heavy stones over castle walls, powered by a heavy… - tree noun (tree, trees)
A tree is a tall plant with a wooden trunk, branches and leaves. - treeless adjective (treeless)
1) Treeless means with no trees, or almost no trees. - treetop noun (a treetop, treetops)
1) A treetop is the highest part of a tree, its top branches and leaves. - trefoil noun (trefoils)
A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover. It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes. - trek noun (a trek, treks); verb (trek, treks, trekked, trekking)
noun: A long, hard journey, especially on foot through mountains, forests or wild country. - trellis noun (trellises); verb (trellises, trellised, trellising)
A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up. To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame. - tremble verb (tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling); noun (a tremble)
To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak. - tremendous adjective (tremendous)
Very great in size, amount or strength; huge: a tremendous noise. - tremendously adverb
Tremendously means very much or enormously. - tremor noun (a tremor, tremors)
A small earthquake or a shaking of the ground. - tremulous adjective
Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age. - trench noun (a trench, trenches); trench coat
A trench is a long, narrow, deep ditch dug in the ground, for pipes, drains or building foundations. - trend noun (trend, trends); verb (trend, trends, trended, trending)
A general direction in which something is changing or developing: «a trend towards healthier eating». - trespass verb (trespass, trespasses, trespassed, trespassing); noun (a trespass, trespasses)
To go onto someone's land or into a building without permission. - trespassing noun (trespassing — uncountable); verb (-ing form of trespass)
1) Going onto someone's land or into a building without permission. - tress noun (tresses)
A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down. - trestle noun (a trestle, trestles)
A trestle is a frame with legs, often a beam on two pairs of sloping legs, used to hold up a table top or plank. - trey noun (a trey, treys); name (Trey)
A trey is a card, dice face or domino with three spots. - triage noun (triage — uncountable); verb (triage, triages, triaged, triaging)
1) Triage is deciding the order in which sick or injured people are treated, based on who needs help most urgently, as in a hospital… - trial noun (a trial, trials)
A trial is when a court, with a judge and often a jury, decides if someone is guilty of a crime. - triangle noun (triangle, triangles)
A triangle is a flat shape with three straight sides and three corners (angles). - triangular adjective (triangular)
Triangular means shaped like a triangle, with three sides and three corners. - tribal adjective (tribal)
Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders. - tribe noun (a tribe, tribes)
A tribe is a group of families and people who share the same ancestors, language, customs and way of life, often with their own leader. - tribunal noun (a tribunal, tribunals)
A special kind of court or group of officials who decide on a particular kind of problem, such as work disputes or tax arguments. - tributary noun (a tributary, tributaries); adjective (tributary)
A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a bigger river or a lake. - tribute noun (a tribute, tributes)
A tribute is something said, done or given to show respect, thanks or admiration for someone: «a tribute to the nurses». - trice noun (only in the phrase 'in a trice')
A trice is a very short time, a moment. 'In a trice' means at once, very quickly. - triceps noun (the triceps, triceps — same form for one and many)
1) The triceps is the big muscle at the back of your upper arm, which straightens your arm at the elbow. - triceratops noun (a triceratops; plural triceratops or triceratopses)
1) A large plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its face and a big bony frill around the back of its head. - trick noun (a trick, tricks); verb (trick, tricks, tricked, tricking); adjective (a trick question)
1) Something done to fool or cheat someone. 2) A clever or funny action that needs skill: a magic trick, a skateboard trick. 3) A clever… - trickery noun (trickery — uncountable)
Trickery is using tricks to deceive or cheat people, making them believe something false: "He won the game by trickery.". - trickle verb (trickle, trickles, trickled, trickling); noun (a trickle, trickles)
To trickle is for a liquid to flow slowly in a thin line or small drops. - trickster noun (a trickster, tricksters)
A trickster is a person who tricks or cheats people, often to get their money. - tricky adjective (tricky, trickier, trickiest)
1) Tricky means difficult and needing care or skill («a tricky question»). 2) A tricky person is clever at tricking or deceiving others. - tricycle noun (tricycle, tricycles)
A tricycle is a small bike with three wheels, one at the front and two at the back. - trident noun (a trident, tridents)
A trident is a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three prongs. - tried verb (past tense and past participle of try: try, tries, tried, trying); adjective (tried and tested)
Past of «try»: made an effort to do something (I tried to lift the box). - trifle noun (a trifle, trifles; trifle — uncountable as a dessert); verb (trifle, trifles, trifled, trifling — with «with»); adverb phrase «a trifle»
A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit or jelly, custard and cream, popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. - trigger noun (a trigger, triggers); verb (trigger, triggers, triggered, triggering)
A trigger is the small lever on a gun or tool that you pull to make it work. - trike noun (a trike, trikes)
1) (informal) A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children. 2) (informal) A motorbike with three wheels. - trill noun (a trill, trills); verb (trill, trills, trilled, trilling)
A trill is a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing. - trillion noun and number (a trillion, trillions; two trillion); adjective (trillionth)
A trillion is a million millions: 1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the power of 12 — a 1 followed by 12 zeros. - trilobite noun (a trilobite, trilobites)
1) A trilobite was a sea animal with a hard, jointed shell and many legs that lived about 520 to 250 million years ago; trilobites are now… - trim verb, noun, adjective (trim, trims, trimmed, trimming)
To trim means to cut a little off to make something neat: trim the hedge, trim your hair. - trimmed verb form (past and past participle of «trim»: trim, trims, trimmed, trimming); adjective (trimmed)
Trimmed means cut a little to make it neat or tidy, such as trimmed hair, hedges or nails. - trimmer noun (a trimmer, trimmers)
1) A trimmer is a tool or machine for cutting hedges, grass edges, hair or beards neatly. 2) A trimmer is a person who trims things. - trimming verb form (trim, trims, trimmed, trimming); noun (trimming, trimmings)
Trimming means cutting a little off something to make it tidy: trimming a hedge, trimming hair. - trinity noun (the Trinity; a trinity, trinities)
The Trinity is the Christian belief that there is one God who is three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. - trinket noun (trinkets)
A trinket is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery. - trio noun (a trio, trios)
1) A trio is a group of three people or things. 2) (music) A trio is a group of three musicians or singers, or a piece of music for three… - trip noun, verb (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)
A trip is a journey to a place and back, often short: a school trip. - triple adjective (triple); verb (triple, triples, tripled, tripling); noun (a triple, triples)
1) Triple means three times as much or as many. 2) Triple means having three parts or happening three times, like a triple jump. 3) To… - triplet noun (a triplet, triplets)
One of three children born to the same mother at the same time. - tripod noun (a tripod, tripods)
A stand with three legs used to hold a camera, telescope or other equipment steady. - tripping verb, -ing form of «trip» (trip, trips, tripped, tripping)
Tripping means catching your foot on something so that you stumble or fall. - trireme noun (a trireme, triremes)
1) A trireme was a long, fast wooden warship of ancient Greece, Phoenicia and Rome, rowed by about 170 men sitting in three rows, one… - triton noun (a triton, tritons; Triton, a name)
Triton is a sea god in the myths of ancient Greece, half man and half fish, who blows a conch shell like a trumpet.
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