All English words - page 3835

Meanings of Totems:

noun

A natural object or animal that is believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and that is adopted by it as an emblem.

Usage examples:

The meat of one's clan totem was traditionally avoided; even today animals representing totems are …

Meanings of Toting:

verb

Carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial).

Usage examples:

Here are books well worth toting home

noun

A tote bag.

Usage examples:

A chocolate brown leather tote with ponyskin appliqué

Meanings of Totonac:

noun

A member of an indigenous people of east central mexico.

adjective

Relating to the totonac or their language.

Meanings of Totoro:

noun

(in japanese cooking) tuna meat from the belly of the fish, pale pink and rich in fat and used in sushi and sashimi.

Usage examples:

Use more wasabi for fattier fish, such as toro or yellowtail, less wasabi on lean cuts, such as cla…

Meanings of Tots:

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

adverb

Totally.

Usage examples:

It's summer so it's light all the time plus the scenery is totes amazing

Meanings of Totted:

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

phrasal verb

To add up numbers or amounts of something, or to have a particular number or amount as a total when added up

Usage examples:

She quickly totted up our bill and added an amount for the waiter., that tots up to £20.

Meanings of Totter:

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A feeble or unsteady gait.

Usage examples:

You may say that none of this sounds like a leap forward, more like a totter backwards.

Meanings of Tottered:

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A feeble or unsteady gait.

Usage examples:

You may say that none of this sounds like a leap forward, more like a totter backwards.

Meanings of Tottering:

adjective

(of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady.

Usage examples:

She swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

Meanings of Totters:

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

Coney street in york was a totter's paradise on tuesday morning

Meanings of Tottery:

adjective

Weak and unable to walk in a normal way, usually because of being old

Usage examples:

A tottery old man

Meanings of Totting:

noun

The activity or practice of salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

Local authorities frown on totting and many ban it outright

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

phrasal verb

To add up numbers or amounts of something, or to have a particular number or amount as a total when added up

Usage examples:

She quickly totted up our bill and added an amount for the waiter., that tots up to £20.

Meanings of Totty:

noun

People, especially women, regarded collectively as objects of sexual desire.

Usage examples:

The group on the table next to us were blatantly checking out the totty

Meanings of Toty:

adjective

Very small.

Usage examples:

A toty wee room

Meanings of Toucan:

noun

A tropical american fruit-eating bird with a massive bill and typically brightly coloured plumage.

Usage examples:

Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.

Meanings of Toucans:

noun

A tropical american fruit-eating bird with a massive bill and typically brightly coloured plumage.

Usage examples:

Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.

Meanings of Touch:

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Usage examples:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun

An act of touching someone or something.

Usage examples:

Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

Meanings of Touch base:

phrase

Briefly make or renew contact with someone.

Usage examples:

They are travelling back to star city, where they plan to touch base with relatives

idiom

To talk briefly with someone

Usage examples:

I'll touch base with him later to tell him about the meeting.

Meanings of Touch off:

idiom

Put in motion or move to act

phrasal verb

Cause something to happen suddenly.

Usage examples:

There was concern that the move could touch off a trade war

Meanings of Touch on:

idiom

Refer to or discuss briefly

phrasal verb

Deal briefly with a subject in written or spoken discussion.

Usage examples:

Her memoirs touch on her experiences in her long life

Meanings of Touch-and-go:

adjective

Having an uncertain, and possibly bad result

Usage examples:

At one point, the operation was touch-and-go.

noun

A manoeuvre in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing and immediately takes off again.

Usage examples:

I tried a few touch-and-goes

Meanings of Touch-down:

phrasal verb

(of an aircraft or spacecraft) land.

Usage examples:

His plane touched down at nice airport

Meanings of Touch-for:

phrasal verb

Ask someone for money as a loan or gift.

Usage examples:

He touched me for his fare

Meanings of Touch-up:

phrasal verb

Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance

Meanings of Touch-wood:

idiom

Said in order to avoid bad luck, either when you mention good luck that you have had in the past or when you mention hopes you have for the future

Usage examples:

The deal will be agreed on wednesday, touch wood.