English Words: T

27,828 words · Page 26 of 557

take on waterverb

To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.

take one day at a timeverb

To approach each situation with focus on the present rather than preoccupation about the future.

take one for the teamverb

To accept some chore, hardship, or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.

take one's ball and go homeverb

To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.

take one's chanceverb

To act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.

take one's chancesverb

Alternative form of take one's chance.

take one's courage in both handsverb

To summon up one's courage in readiness for a difficult or dangerous action.

take one's cue fromverb

To copy; to do something in the same way as.

take one's eye off the ballverb

To lose one's concentration on what is most important.

take one's eyes offverb

To stop looking at (something).

take one's half out of the middleverb

To take the portion of something to which one is entitled, but in such a way that it shortchanges others.

take one's hat off toverb

To remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.

take one's hookverb

To depart in a hurry; to clear out.

take one's leaveverb

To depart.

take one's life in one's handsverb

To take a great risk; to risk death.

take one's lumpsverb

To receive physical abuse and to survive.

take one's medicineverb

To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment.

take one's own lifeverb

To kill oneself; to commit suicide.

take one's placeverb

To arrive at the (physical) place where one is supposed to be.

take one's riseverb

To originate.

take one's seatverb

Synonym of take a seat.

take one's sweet timeverb

To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

take one's timeverb

To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace.

take one's tongue out of someone's assverb

To stop flattering someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner and supporting their every opinion.

take one's turnverb

To assume a place in a sequence of successions; to be one of a group that takes turns.

take ordersverb

Alternative form of take holy orders.

take outverb

To remove.

take out an onionverb

Suggests that the performer of the action is not sincere in their grief.

take out in tradeverb

To accept repayment of a debt in the goods or services in which the debtor deals, rather than in money.

take out of contextverb

To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.

take oververb

To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.

take painsverb

To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.

take partverb

To participate or join.

take part withverb

To side with.

take pityverb

To show compassion (towards).

take placeverb

To happen or to occur.

take pleasureverb

To have enjoyment.

take pointverb

To assume the first and most exposed position in a formation in combat; to serve as the lead soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.

take possessionverb

To become the owner.

take postverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, post. To travel (typically rapidly) by posthorse or post chaise; to arrive and assume a military post.

take prideverb

To be proud of (usually followed by in or of).

take responsibilityverb

To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.

take rollverb

To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance.

take rootverb

To grow roots into soil.

take shapeverb

To take a definite form.

take shippingverb

To embark on a ship.

take sickverb

To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.

take sidesverb

To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.

take silkverb

to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) or King's Counsel (KC)

take sitting downverb

To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 26. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "T" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.