Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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tip | the thin end of something, usually pointed. The same word also means to overturn or tilt something |
tiptoe | to walk on the tips of your toes very quietly |
tire | to become tired; to bore or make someone tired |
tired | when you are tired you have the feeling that you want to rest or go to sleep |
tissue | any woven stuff, a textile fabric, a fabrication |
tit | a small prettily-coloured wild bird |
title | the name of something, such as a book, a song or a play. The same word also means a word in front of someone’s name such as Sir, Lord, Doctor, or Captain |
toad | an animal that looks like a frog which has a rough, lumpy skin. It usually lives on land |
toadstool | a poisonous plant shaped like a mushroom |
toast | bread which is made brown and crisp by heating it |
tobacco | a plant with large leaves which are dried, cut up and used for smoking in cigarettes, cigars or a pipe |
today | on this day |
toddle | to walk with short wobbly steps like a very young child |
toe | a part of your foot. You have five toes on each foot |
toffee | a sweet sticky food made from sugar and butter |
together | being with |
toil | to work very hard, with great effort |
toilet | washing, dressing and doing your hair. The same word also means a lavatory |
token | a mark, sign, indication |
tomb | a place where someone is buried, either in the ground or in a stone box above the ground |
tomboy | a girl who behaves like a boy and enjoys playing boy’s games |
tomoato | a soft round red fruit, often used as a vegetable or in salads |
tomorrow | the day after today |
ton | a measurement of weight. One ton is equal to 2,240 pounds |
tone | a sound, usually musical. The word also means used to describe the way a person’s voice sounds, such as a harsh or a sweet tone of voice |
tongs | a tool with two pieces of metal like pincers for holding and lifting things |
tongue | the thick soft part inside your mouth that moves when you talk and with which you taste things |
tonic | a medicine that gives tone to the system |
tonight | this night |
tonsil | one of two little round pieces of flesh at the back of your mouth. sometimes they have to be taken out if they become unhealthy |
too | as well; also |
tool | any instrument that helps people to do work. Hammers and shovels are tools |
tooth | one of the white bones in your mouth that you use to bite with |
toothbrush | a small long-handled brush which you use to clean your teeth |
tootheache | a pain in your teeth |
toothpaste | a paste which you squeeze from a tube on to a toothbrush and use to clean your teeth |
top | the highest part of something. The same word also means a spinning toy |
topic | any subject people choose to speak, write or argue about |
torch | a light which you can carry about, like an electric torch or a stick which is flaming at one end |
torment | extreme pain, torture |
torpedo | a long rounded bomb which is fired through or along the surface of water |
torrent | a very fast-moving stream or river |
tortoise | a slow-moving animal with a very thick shell |
torture | to make someone suffer great pain, usually to make him confess or admit something |
toss | to throw something carelessly into the air |
tot | a small child. The same word also means to add up |
totter | to walk unsteadily and shakily |
touch | to feel something with your fingers or with some part of your body |
tough | hard; strong; not easily broken |
tour | to travel round for pleasure from place to place, ending up where you started from |
Abbreviation An abbreviation is a short form of a word or expression. Abbreviations are used for words used frequently.