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te — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tea noun The dried leaves of the tea plant, or the hot drink made by steeping them in water.
  • thee pron Archaic form of "you," used as the object of a verb or preposition (the object form of "thou").

Senses

te is used for these senses in English:

  • tea (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.
  • tea (uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
  • tea (countable, Commonwealth, northern, _, US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern, _, US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.
  • tea plant The bush Camellia sinensis, the leaves of which are picked, dried and used to make the beverage tea.
  • thee (now, chiefly, archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]

tea — full definition

  1. noun The dried leaves of the tea plant, or the hot drink made by steeping them in water.
  2. noun A light meal eaten in the afternoon, or (chiefly British) the main evening meal.
  3. noun Informal: gossip or juicy information.
  4. verb To drink tea, or to take a light afternoon meal.

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