Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
v. - make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, character, etc., of.
- change the voltage etc. Of (an alternating current). transformation n. [latin]
TRANSFUSE
v. (-sing) 1 a transfer (blood) from one person or animal to another. B inject (liquid) into a blood-vessel to replace lost fluid.
- permeate. transfusion n. [latin: related to *found3]
TRANSIENT
adj. Of short duration; passing. transience n. [latin: related to *trance]
TRANSLATE
v. (-ting) 1 (also absol.) (often foll. By into) express the sense of (a word, text, etc.) In another language or in another, esp. Simpler, form.
- be translatable, bear translation (does not translate well).
- interpret (translated his silence as dissent).
- move or change, esp. From one person, place, or condition, to another. translatable adj. Translation n. Translator n. [latin: related to *transfer]
TRANSMUTE
v. (-ting) 1 change the form, nature, or substance of.
- hist. Change (base metals) into gold. transmutation n. [latin muto change]
TRANSPIRE
v. (-ring) 1 (usu. Prec. By it as subject) (of a secret or fact) come to be known; turn out; prove to be the case (it transpired he knew nothing about it).
- occur; happen.
- emit (vapour or moisture), or be emitted, through the skin, lungs, or leaves; perspire. transpiration n. (in sense 3). [latin spiro breathe]
TRANSPORT
cafe n. Roadside cafe for (esp. Commercial) drivers.
- —v. - take or carry (a person, goods, etc.) To another place.
- hist. Deport (a criminal) to a penal colony.
- (as transported adj.) (usu. Foll. By with) affected with strong emotion. —n. - a system of conveying people, goods, etc., from place to place. B means of this (our transport has arrived).
- ship, aircraft, etc. Used to carry soldiers, stores, etc.
- (esp. In pl.) Vehement emotion (transports of joy). transportable adj. [latin porto carry]
TRANSPOSE
v. (-sing) 1 a cause (two or more things) to change places. B change the position of (a thing) in a series.
- change the order or position of (words or a word) in a sentence.
- put (music) into a different key. transposition n. [french: related to *pose]
TRANSSHIP
v. (-pp-) transfer from one ship or form of transport to another. transshipment n.
TRAPEZIUM
n. (pl. -s or -zia) 1 quadrilateral with only one pair of sides parallel.
