<B>tramontana, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the north wind, as blowing over Italy or the Mediterranean from across the Alps. </DL>
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<B>tramontane, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>being or situated beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; having to do with the other side of the mountains. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of the wind) coming across or from beyond the mountains, especially blowing over Italy from beyond the Alps. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=foreign.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who lives beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps. <DD><B> 2. </B>a foreigner. <DD><B> 3. </B>any cold wind from a mountain range. </DL>
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<B>tramp, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to walk heavily. <BR> <I>Ex. He tramped across the floor in his heavy boots.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to step heavily (on); trample. <BR> <I>Ex. He tramped on the flowers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to go on foot; walk. <BR> <I>Ex. The hikers tramped through the mountains. We tramped through the streets.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to walk steadily; march. <BR> <I>Ex. The hikers tramped mile after mile.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to go or wander as a tramp. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to step heavily on; trample upon. <DD><B> 2. </B>to travel on or through on foot. <BR> <I>Ex. to tramp the streets, to tramp the city day after day.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the sound of a heavy step or steps. <BR> <I>Ex. The steady tramp of marching feet.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, steady walk; march; hike. <BR> <I>Ex. The friends took a tramp together over the hills.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who wanders about, living by begging, doing odd jobs, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. A tramp came to the door and asked for food.</I> (SYN) vagabond, hobo, vagrant, beggar. <DD><B> 4. </B>a freight ship without a regular route or schedule, that takes a cargo when and where it can; tramp steamer. <DD><B> 5a. </B>an iron or steel plate worn under the shoe or boot to protect it, especially in digging and climbing. <DD><B> b. </B>an iron or steel plate with spikes, worn on a shoe or boot to give a firm foothold on ice. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) a woman or girl of low morals. <BR> <I>Ex. Ladies don't fight with their fists in the street like common tramps (Louise Meriwether).</I> noun <B>tramper.</B> </DL>
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<B>trample, </B>verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to tread heavily on; crush. <BR> <I>Ex. The herd of wild cattle trampled the farmer's crops.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to treat cruelly, harshly or scornfully. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to tread or walk heavily; stamp. <DD><I>noun </I> the act or sound of trampling; tramp. <BR> <I>Ex. We heard the trample of many feet.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>trample on</B> (or <B>upon</B>), </I>to treat with scorn, harshness, or cruelty. <BR> <I>Ex. The dictator trampled on the rights of the people. Wit tramples upon rules (Samuel Johnson).</I> noun <B>trampler.</B> </DL>
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<B>trampoline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of canvas or other sturdy fabric stretched on a metal frame, used for tumbling and acrobatics in gymnasiums and circuses. </DL>
<B>trampolining, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or sport of using or performing on a trampoline. </DL>
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<B>trampolinist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who uses or performs on a trampoline. </DL>
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<B>tramp steamer</B> or <B>ship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a freighter that takes a cargo when and where it can; tramp. </DL>
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<B>tramroad, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a road or track of parallel lines of wood, stone, or iron rails, for trams or wagons in a mining area. <DD><B> 2. </B>a railroad in a mine. </DL>
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<B>tramway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(British.) a track for streetcars. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a track or roadway for carrying ores from mines. <DD><B> b. </B>(U.S.) a cable or system of cables on which suspended cars carry ore. </DL>
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<B>trance</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>tranced,</B> <B>trancing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a condition somewhat like sleep, in which the mind seems to have left the body. <BR> <I>Ex. a hypnotic trance.</I> (SYN) coma. <DD><B> 2. </B>a dazed or stunned condition. <DD><B> 3. </B>a dreamy or absorbed condition which is like a trance. <BR> <I>Ex. The old man sat before the fire in a trance, thinking of his past life.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a high emotion; rapture. (SYN) ecstasy. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to throw into or hold in a trance; enchant. <BR> <I>Ex. I trod as one tranced in some rapturous vision (Shelley).</I> (SYN) entrance. adj. <B>trancelike.</B> </DL>
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<B>trance</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a passageway. </DL>
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<B>trancedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a trancelike manner; as if in trance. </DL>
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<B>tranche, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part, slice, or piece of anything. </DL>
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<B>trangam, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a trinket or toy; knickknack; gewgaw. </DL>
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<B>tranny, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) a transistor radio. </DL>
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<B>tranquil, </B>adjective, <B>-quiler,</B> <B>-quilest</B> or (especially British) <B>-quiller,</B> <B>-quillest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> calm; peaceful; quiet; free from agitation or disturbance. <BR> <I>Ex. the tranquil morning air.</I> (SYN) placid, serene, undisturbed. adv. <B>tranquilly.</B> noun <B>tranquilness.</B> </DL>
<B>Tranquilite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a compound of titanium, iron, and magnesium, found in lunar rock samples obtained from the Sea of Tranquility. </DL>
<B>tranquilization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of tranquilizing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being tranquilized. </DL>
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<B>tranquilize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make calm, peaceful, or quiet; make tranquil; calm; soothe. <BR> <I>Ex. Although "The Maltese Falcon" at long last settled Huston professionally, it did not tranquilize his personal life (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) pacify, compose, allay, still. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become tranquil. </DL>
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<B>tranquilizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various drugs for reducing physical or nervous tension, lowering blood pressure, or bringing into balance certain other conditions of the body; ataractic. </DL>
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<B>tranquilizing agent</B> or <B>drug, =tranquilizer.</B></DL>
<B>trans, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) of or having to do with an isomeric compound that has certain atoms on the opposite side of a plane. <BR> <I>Ex. a trans configuration or structure.</I> </DL>
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<B>trans-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) <DD><B> 1. </B>across; over; through. <BR> <I>Ex. Transcontinental = across the continent.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>beyond; on the other side of. <BR> <I>Ex. Transcend = to go beyond. Transoceanic = on the other side of an ocean.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to or into a different place, condition, or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Transmigration = migration to another place. Transform = to form into another condition.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Chemistry.) having certain atoms on the opposite side of a plane. <BR> <I>Ex. a trans-isomeric compound.</I> </DL>
