All English words - page 5956

Meanings of Tontine:

noun

An annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income.

Usage examples:

The later we leave it, the more the pension becomes a tontine in which the survivor takes all.

Meanings of Tontines:

noun

An annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income.

Usage examples:

The later we leave it, the more the pension becomes a tontine in which the survivor takes all.

Meanings of Tonus:

noun

The constant low-level activity of a body tissue, especially muscle tone.

Usage examples:

Increased tonus of the muscles about the eye

Meanings of Tony:

adjective

Fashionable among wealthy or stylish people.

Usage examples:

A tony restaurant

noun

(in the us) any of a number of awards given annually for outstanding achievement in the theatre in various categories.

Usage examples:

It has collected over 30 international theatre awards including three tonys for the broadway produc…

Meanings of Too:

adverb

To a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively.

Usage examples:

He was driving too fast

Meanings of Too many chiefs and not enough indians:

phrase

Used to describe a situation where there are too many people giving orders and not enough people to carry them out.

Usage examples:

I blame the managers - there are too many chiefs and not enough indians.

idiom

Too many managers and not enough people to do the work

Meanings of Too-bad:

idiom

If you say something is too bad, you can mean either that you feel sympathy about a problem, or that you do not. the difference is in what is being talked about and the way that you say it

Usage examples:

It's too bad that you can't come to see mark in his school play., "i can't come on friday." "that's…

Meanings of Too-big-for:

idiom

Behaving as if you are more important than you really are

Usage examples:

He's been getting a bit too big for his boots since he got that promotion.

Meanings of Too-few:

idiom

To drink quite a large number of, or too many, alcoholic drinks

Usage examples:

By the look of her, she'd had a few even before she arrived at the party.

Meanings of Too-little:

idiom

Not enough of something that should have been provided earlier

Usage examples:

A spokeswoman described the aid for the refugees as too little, too late.

Meanings of Too-many:

idiom

If you have had one too many, you have drunk too much alcohol.

Meanings of Too-many-cooks-spoil-the-broth:

phrase

If too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well.

Usage examples:

There is no such thing as too many cooks spoil the broth when it comes to making soup for the homel…

idiom

Said when there are too many people involved in trying to do the same thing, so that the final result will not be good

Meanings of Too-much:

phrase

More than someone can deal with

Usage examples:

I can't take care of six children at my age - it's too much., i had to stop reading the book - it w…

Meanings of Too-small:

idiom

Very much bigger, smaller, more expensive, etc. than you would like

Usage examples:

This drink is miles too sweet!

Meanings of Too-soon:

idiom

To say something which is quickly proven not to be true

Usage examples:

It looks like hanna will be late – i spoke too soon, here she comes now.

Meanings of Too-too:

adverb

More than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enough

Usage examples:

The sofa is too big for this room., the apartment was nice but it was just too expensive., this dre…

Meanings of Toodle:

exclamation

A way of saying goodbye

Usage examples:

Toodle-oo! i'm off. see you later., words from the 1920s like toodle-oo, toodle-pip, or rightho sou…

Meanings of Toodle-oo:

exclamation

A way of saying goodbye

Usage examples:

Toodle-oo! i'm off. see you later., words from the 1920s like toodle-oo, toodle-pip, or rightho sou…

Meanings of Toodle-pip:

exclamation

A way of saying goodbye

Usage examples:

Toodle-oo! i'm off. see you later., words from the 1920s like toodle-oo, toodle-pip, or rightho sou…

Meanings of Took:

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

Past simple of take

Meanings of Took on:

phrasal verb

To begin to have, use, or do something

Usage examples:

A chameleon takes on the color of its surroundings., her voice took on a troubled tone., i’ll take …

Meanings of Tool:

noun

A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

Usage examples:

Gardening tools

verb

Impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover).

Usage examples:

Volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

Meanings of Tool up:

phrasal verb

To prepare for an activity or job with new equipment

Usage examples:

Tool up for sth the company is tooling up for the predicted increase in contracts., tool sth up the…

Meanings of Toolbox:

noun

A box or container for keeping tools in.

Usage examples:

Storing the toolbox containing said torch in the bottom of a dark drawer about as far away from my …

Meanings of Toolboxes:

noun

A box or container for keeping tools in.

Usage examples:

Storing the toolbox containing said torch in the bottom of a dark drawer about as far away from my …