card n. - card belonging to, or turned up to determine, a trump suit.

- colloq. Valuable resource, esp. Kept in reserve.

- —n. - a playing-card of a suit temporarily ranking above the others. B (in pl.) This suit (hearts are trumps).

- colloq. Generous or loyal person. —v. - defeat (a card or its player) with a trump.

- colloq. Outdo. come (or turn) up trumps colloq. - turn out better than expected.

- be greatly successful or helpful. Trump up fabricate or invent (an accusation etc.) (trumped-up charge). [corruption of *triumph in the same (now obsolete) sense]

- n. Archaic trumpet-blast. [french trompe]

call n. Long-distance telephone call.

- line n. Main line of a railway, telephone system, etc.

- n. - main stem of a tree.

- body without the limbs and head.

- large box with a hinged lid for luggage, storage, etc.

- us boot of a car.

- elephant's elongated prehensile nose.

- (in pl.) Men's close-fitting shorts worn for swimming etc. [latin truncus cut short]

- road n. Important main road.

—n. - framework supporting a roof, bridge, etc.

- surgical appliance worn to support a hernia.

- bundle of hay or straw.

- compact terminal cluster of flowers or fruit. —v. - tie up (a fowl) for cooking.

- (often foll. By up) tie (a person) up with the arms to the sides.

- support (a roof or bridge etc.) With a truss or trusses. [french]

—n. - firm belief in the reliability, truth, or strength etc. Of a person or thing.

- confident expectation.

- responsibility (position of great trust).

- commercial credit (obtained goods on trust).

- law a arrangement whereby a person or group manages property on another's behalf. B property so held. C body of trustees.

- association of companies for reducing competition etc. —v. - place trust in; believe in; rely on the character or behaviour of.

n. (pl. Truths) 1 quality or state of being true.

- what is true. in truth literary truly, really. [old english: related to *true]

n. Colloq. - act of trying it on or trying on (clothes etc.).

- attempt to deceive.

n. Archaic meeting, esp. Of lovers. [french]

adj. (-ier, -iest) short and fat. tubbiness n.

n. - thick rounded part of a stem or rhizome, usu. Found underground and covered with modified buds, e.g. In a potato.

- similar root of a dahlia etc. [latin, = hump, swelling]

adj. - of the royal family of england 1485–1603 or this period.

- of the architectural style of this period, esp. With half-timbering. [owen tudor, name of the grandfather of henry vii]