English Words: T
27,828 words · Page 26 of 557
To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
To approach each situation with focus on the present rather than preoccupation about the future.
To accept some chore, hardship, or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.
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.
To act in a manner dependent on luck: to attempt to do something risky or not particularly likely to succeed.
To summon up one's courage in readiness for a difficult or dangerous action.
To take the portion of something to which one is entitled, but in such a way that it shortchanges others.
To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.
To stop flattering someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner and supporting their every opinion.
To assume a place in a sequence of successions; to be one of a group that takes turns.
To accept repayment of a debt in the goods or services in which the debtor deals, rather than in money.
To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
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.
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.
To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
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.