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Linguistic and grammatical words.

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You till the ground to prepare it for planting with crops.

Tis forTilled

Tilled is the past tense of tilled.

Tis forTinned

Something that is stored in a tin can is referred to as tinned. Usually only tinned foods are described this way.

Tis forTiny

Something is tiny if it is much, much smaller than something of its kind should normally be. The picture is of a tiny frog.

Tis forTo

You use the word to when you are talking about going toward something, for example "I am going to the shops", "apply paint to the wall" or "the time is ten to six".

Tis forToes

Toes is the plural of toe. You have ten toes, five on each foot.

Tis forToot

A toot is the sound a horn makes, or anything that sounds similar to that noise.

Tis forTorn

Something is torn if it has been damaged by ripping or tearing it. The mattress in the picture is torn.

Tis forToss

You toss something when you throw it lightly or carelessly. Someone might toss a ball of paper at the wastepaper basket, or toss their keys to a friend. The man in the picture is tossing his son into the air.

Tis forTossed

Tossed is the past tense of toss.

Tis forTough

Tough is another word for strong. If something is tough, it can't be broken easily.

Tis forTow

You tow something when you pull it behind you. When people talk about towing, they usually mean something attached behind a vehicle like a car. When people go camping, they often tow a caravan or trailer.

Tis forToward

You go toward something when you move in its direction, so you get closer to it. The dog in the picture is coming towards the person who took a photo of it.

Tis forToxic

Toxic is another word for poisonous. If something is toxic, it is hazardous to your health or to the environment.
Something is translucent if some light can get through it, but you can't see through it clearly. Frosted windows are translucent, lower quality gemstones like quartz are often translucent, and many things that are very thin are translucent.
The leaves in the picture are translucent. Where they overlap, they are opaque.
Something is transparent if you can see through it. Glass in windows is transparent. The lenses of sunglasses are transparent.
If you can see through something but it changes the color of everything you see, that something is still transparent but it is tinted. Filter lenses for cameras are often tinted.
The glasswing butterfly in the picture has transparent wings.
The opposite of transparent is opaque. Something that lets light through but you can't easily see through it is translucent.

Tis forTrapped

You are trapped when you are stuck in a place you cannot get out of. The cat in the picture is caught in a trap.

Tis forTravel

You travel when you move from one place to another. You can travel in any way, by walking, riding a bike or by driving a car like you see in the picture.

Tis forTread

You tread when you put your foot down onto something, usually while you are walking.
Tread might refer to other things like the pattern on a tyre or the bottom of your shoe.

Tis forTrek

To trek is to travel somewhere, but slowly and with difficulty. The man in the picture is trekking through some mountains.