tea

noun15

1. •
   the drink made by putting dry leaves of a certain plant in hot water

   • Would you like some tea?
   • She is drinking her tea right now.
2. •
   (Southern-US) Specifically sweet tea, an iced tea supersaturated with sugar.
3. •
   Any drink which is similar to Camellia sinensis tea in some way

   • Mushroom Tea / 8 cups water / 1 cup dried reishi mushroom pieces [...] 1. Start by making Reishi Mushroom Tea: Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. 2. Add the reishi mushroom pieces[…] — 2019
4. •
   Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.

   • Curcuma tea relieves colds[…] — 2017
5. •
   [in compounds] Meat stock served as a hot drink.
6. •
   A cup of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, or tapioca pearls.

   • We'd like one tea and one coffee, please.
7. •
   (Southern-US) A glass of these drinks.
8. •
   The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

   • Go to the supermarket and buy some Darjeeling tea.
   • Not for all the tea in China.
9. •
   (UK) A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.

   • I won't make it to the breakfast event, but I'll see you at the tea.
10. •
    (Commonwealth, Ireland) Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes the drink tea.

    • The family were sitting round the table, eating their tea.
11. •
    (slang) Information, especially gossip.

    • Spill the tea on that drama, hon.
12. •
    The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.

    • Darjeeling tea is grown in India.
13. •
    The break in play between the second and third sessions.

    • Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day.
14. •
    A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea.
15. •
    (slang, old-fashioned) Synonym of marijuana.

    • Tea puts a musician in a real masterly sphere, and that's why so many jazzmen have used it. — 1946

verb3

1. •
   To drink tea.

   • We tea’d with May, and had to wait over an hour for a taxi! — 1916
2. •
   To take afternoon tea (a light meal).
3. •
   To give tea to.

   • And they’ve got Professor Hummums with ’em, the great Everlasting Star of the Nineteenth Century, which he has breakfasted and dined and tea’d and supped here ever since yesterday. — 1858

adjective1

1. •
   (slang) Good-looking, sexy.

adjective1

1. •
   (US) Acronym of taxed enough already.

noun4

1. •
   Abbreviation of triethylamine.
2. •
   Abbreviation of triethanolamine.
3. •
   Acronym of triethylaluminium.
4. •
   (Northern-Ireland) Initialism of training and employment agency.