| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tab | noun | The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle., A tag. See Tag, 2., A loop for pulling or lifting something., A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies’ bonnets., A loose pendent part of a lady’s garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border. |
| tac | noun | A kind of customary payment by a tenant; — a word used in old records. |
| tag | noun | Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label., A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it., The end, or catchword, of an actor’s speech; cue., Something mean and paltry; the rabble., A sheep of the first year., A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment., To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags., To join; to fasten; to attach., To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play., To follow closely, as it were an appendage; — often with after; as, to tag after a person., A child’s play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. |
| tan | noun | See Picul., The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; — so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark., A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan., A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan., Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown., To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water., To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin., To get or become tanned. |
| tap | verb t. | To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane., To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes., A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat., A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel., A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers’ quarters and retiring to bed, — usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo., To strike a gentle blow., A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn., A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet., Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap., A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar., A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges., To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc., Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury., To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing., To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. |
| tar | noun | A sailor; a seaman., A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it., To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. |
| tas | noun | A heap., To tassel. |
| tat | noun | Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute., A pony. |
| tau | noun | The common American toadfish; — so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (/). |
| taw | noun | Tow., To push; to tug; to tow., To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge., To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them., A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles., A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles. |
| tax | noun | A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority., A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government., Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like., A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses., A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject., A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health., Charge; censure., A lesson to be learned; a task., To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government., To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court., To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; — often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. |