Tee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The letter t.
  • n. Something shaped like a T.
  • n. Sports & Games A mark aimed at in certain games, such as curling or quoits.
  • idiom. to a tee Perfectly; exactly: a plan that suits me to a tee.
  • n. A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.
  • n. The designated area of each golf hole from which a player makes his or her first stroke.
  • n. A device used to stand a football on end for a kickoff.
  • n. A shaft with a concave top attached to a flat base, used to hold the ball in T-ball.
  • v. To place (a ball) on a tee. Often used with up.
  • phrasal-verb. tee off To drive a golf ball from the tee.
  • phrasal-verb. tee off Slang To start or begin: They teed off the fundraising campaign with a dinner.
  • phrasal-verb. tee off Slang To make angry or disgusted: The impertinent remarks teed the speaker off.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
  • n. Something shaped like the letter T. Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
  • n. T-shirt
  • v. To draw; lead.
  • v. To draw away; go; proceed.
  • n. A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • n. A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit on the first shot on a golf hole.
  • n. The target area of a curling rink
  • v. To place a ball on a tee
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.
  • n. The nodule of earth, or a short peg stuck into the ground, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole in golf.
  • n. A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter t in shape.
  • n. The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.
  • v. To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n.
  • In naval tactics, to manœuver (a fleet) so as to place it across the head of the enemy's column of vessels, thus enabling the guns to be concentrated on the leading vessels of the enemy, who cannot reply effectively.
  • n. A method of making baskets applied by some California Indians; a twined lattice weave. consisting of four elements — an upright warp of rods, a horizontal warp crossing these at right angles, and a regular plain twin/id weaving of two elements, holding the warps firmly together. The horizontal warp is on the outside of the basket.
  • To draw; lead.
  • To draw away; go; proceed.
  • A dialectal form of tie.
  • n. A mark toward which missiles, as balls, quoits, or curling-stones, are aimed in different games.
  • n. In the game of golf, the sand or earth on which the ball is very slightly raised at the beginning of play for each hole. See the quotation under tee, verb
  • In golf-playing, to place (a ball) on the tee preparatory to striking off.
  • n. The name of the letter T, or t.
  • n. Something having the shape of the letter T.
  • n. An umbrella-shaped metallic ornament, usually gilded, and often hung with bells, which crowns a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries. It represents the gold umbrella as an emblem of royalty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. connect with a tee
  • n. the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • v. place on a tee
  • n. support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
  • n. a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
  • Verb Form
    teed    teeing    tees   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    connect    tie    link    linkup    site    land site    position    pose    put    set   
    Variant
    t    tee up   
    Form
    teed    teeing    teevee    tee up    tee on    tee off   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tee up   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ab    Ac    Ag    Agee    Aimee    Albee    Amputee    B    B.    Be   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sweatshirt    arrondissement    T-shirt    turtleneck    bhumi    treateth    homer    b.c    grader    pajamas