| Tibet |
Tibet is a land that is part of China. Tibet is near India and Nepal, and it is where the highest mountains in the world are. |
| ticket |
A ticket is a small piece of paper that shows that you paid for something that you want to do. We often buy a ticket to see a movie or take a ride on something. |
| tickle |
When someone tickles you, they touch a part of your body in a way that makes you laugh. One place where someone might tickle you is on the bottoms of your feet. |
| tide |
When we talk about the tide, we are talking about how high the ocean water is as we look at the ocean from the shore. The tide changes about every twelve hours in a day. When the tide is high, the waves are high. They come in toward the land with a lot of force and come far up onto the beach. When the tide is low, the level of the water is lower, and the waves don't come so far onto the beach. |
| tide pool |
A tide pool is a small, natural pool of water made by ocean waves when they come onto the shore. Many small animals and plants can live in a tide pool. |
| tie |
A tie is a long, thin piece of cloth that you wrap around your neck and tie in a knot in front. Men wear ties much more than women do, and they often wear them when they go to work. Boys and girls in some schools wear ties as part of a uniform. [4 definitions] |
| tiger |
A tiger is a large, strong animal in the cat family. A tiger's fur is orange, gold, or white with black stripes. Tigers live in India, China, and other countries in Asia. Tigers hunt other animals for food, but no other animals hunt the tiger! |
| tight |
When something is tight, it fits close or too close around something. If your shoes are tight, there isn't much room around your feet, and maybe your feet don't feel good. [2 definitions] |
| Tigris River |
The Tigris River is an important river in a part of the world called the Middle East. The Tigris River begins in eastern Turkey. Then it flows through Syria and Iraq. In Iraq, it joins another important river called the Euphrates. They flow together into a large body of water called the Persian Gulf. |
| till1 |
Till has the same meaning as "until." If you play a game from one o'clock till three o'clock, it means you start at one o'clock and stop at three. [2 definitions] |
| time |
When we talk about minutes, hours, days, and years, we are talking about time. [7 definitions] |
| tin |
Tin is a soft, silver or gray metal. Tin is easy to bend and is sometimes used by itself as a material for art and decorations. More often it is combined with other metals such as copper to make many other kinds of things. [2 definitions] |
| tiny |
When something is tiny, it is very small. |
| tip1 |
The tip is what we call the end of a thing that is long and narrow, especially something that is long and narrow and comes to a point. |
| tire1 |
When something tires you, it uses a lot of your strength and energy. It makes you need to rest. |
| tire2 |
A tire is a round, rubber covering that fits around a wheel. Tires are usually filled with air. |
| tired |
When you are tired, you need to sleep or to rest for a while. When a part of your body is tired, you have used it a lot and now it needs to rest. [2 definitions] |
| tissue |
A tissue is a soft, thin sheet of paper. People often use tissues to clean around their nose. They often tissues to clean something that they don't want to hurt or scratch. [2 definitions] |
| title |
A title is the name of a book or something else that someone writes. A title is also what we call the name of a movie, a piece of music, a painting, or other work of art. [2 definitions] |
| to |
When you go to a place, you travel and then you stop when you get there. When you take a train to the city, it means that you take a train as far as the city. [4 definitions] |
| toad |
A toad is a small, jumping animal. It has rough skin with many bumps, long back legs, and no tail. Toads are born in the water, but they live on land. They are members of a family of animals called amphibians. |