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3 : a group of related plants or animals

— trib·al adjective

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blood, clan, family, folk, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock—more at FAMILY

tribes·man noun : a member of a tribe

trib·u·la·tion noun [ORIGIN: ME tribulacion, fr. OF, fr. L tribulatio, fr. tribulare to press, oppress, fr. tribulum drag used in threshing]

: distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution; also : a trying experience

Synonyms

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe—more at DISTRESS

tri·bu·nal noun 1 : the seat of a judge

2 : a court of justice

3 : something that decides or determines

tri·bune noun 1 : an official in ancient Rome with the function of protecting the interests of plebeian citizens from the patricians

2 : a defender of the people

1tributary adjective 1 : paying tribute : SUBJECT

2 : flowing into a larger stream or a lake

2tributary noun, plural -tar·ies 1 : a ruler or state that pays tribute

2 : a tributary stream

trib·ute noun 1 : a payment by one ruler or nation to another as an act of submission or price of protection

2 : a usu. excessive tax, rental, or levy exacted by a sovereign or superior

3 a : a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection

b : something (as material evidence or a formal attestation) that indicates the worth, virtue, or effectiveness of the one in question

Synonyms

[3a, b] accolade, citation, commendation, encomium, eulogy, homage, paean, panegyric, salutation—more at ENCOMIUM

trice noun : a brief space of time : INSTANT, MOMENT

Synonyms

flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, twinkle, twinkling, wink—more at INSTANT

tri·ceps noun, plural triceps : a large muscle along the back of the upper arm that is attached at its upper end by three main parts and acts to extend the forearm at the elbow joint

tri·cer·a·tops noun, plural -tops also -tops·es [ORIGIN: NL, fr. Gk tri- three + kerat-, keras horn + ōps face]

: any of a genus of large plant-eating Cretaceous dinosaurs with three horns, a bony crest on the neck, and hoofed toes

tri·chi·na noun, plural -nae also -nas : a small slender nematode worm that in the larval state is parasitic in the striated muscles of flesh-eating mammals (as humans)

trich·i·no·sis noun : infestation with or disease caused by trichinae and marked esp. by pain, fever, and swelling

1trick noun 1 : a crafty procedure meant to deceive

2 : a mischievous action : PRANK

3 : a childish action

4 : a deceptive or ingenious feat designed to puzzle or amuse

5 : a habitual peculiarity of behavior or manner

6 : a quick or artful way of getting a result : KNACK

7 : the cards played in one round of a card game

8 : a tour of duty : SHIFT

Synonyms

[1] artifice, device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, wile; also bluff, deception, feint; fraud, hoax, swindle

[2] antic, caper, escapade, frolic, monkeyshine, practical joke, prank—more at PRANK

[4] deed, exploit, feat, stunt—more at FEAT

[5] crotchet, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity—more at IDIOSYNCRASY

2trick verb 1 : to deceive by cunning or artifice

2 : to dress ornately

Synonyms

beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misinform, mislead, string along, take in—more at DECEIVE

trick·ery noun : deception by tricks and stratagems

Synonyms

artifice, chicanery, hanky-panky, subterfuge, wile; also artfulness, caginess, craftiness, cunning, sharpness, slipperiness, slyness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness; deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, hypocrisy, insincerity; imposture, quackery; design, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth

trick·le verb trick·led; trick·ling 1 : to run or fall in drops

2 : to flow in a thin gentle stream

— trickle noun

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