tea

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tea
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Meanings
noun
  • a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.
    E.g. Katherine sipped her tea
  • the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.
  • a light afternoon meal consisting typically of tea to drink, sandwiches, and cakes.
    E.g. they were about to take afternoon tea
  • secret information or rumours of a scandalous nature; gossip.
    E.g. the star spilled the tea on her younger sister's romantic life
verb
  • drink tea or take afternoon tea.
    E.g. I teaed with Professor Herron

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