tift
1 of 4transitive verb
ˈtift
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly dialectal
: to put in order : make ready or array properly : arrange
tift
2 of 4noun (1)
"
plural -s
chiefly Scottish
: a particular state, condition, or mood
tift
3 of 4"
chiefly dialectal variant of tiff
tift
4 of 4noun
"
plural -s
chiefly Scottish
: a puff or gust of wind
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
Middle English tiften, perhaps from tift, past participle of tiffen to tiff (deck out)
Noun
probably of imitative origin
- a matter of conjecture
- a matter of debate
- a matter of importance
- a matter of interest
- a matter of life and death
- a matter of opinion
- a matter of principle
- a matter of record
- a matter of routine
- a matter of some concern
- a matter of taste
- a matter of time
- a matter of urgency
- a matter of urgency/importance
- a max
- a maximis ad minima
- a meal in itself
- a means to an end
- a meeting of (the) minds
- a meeting of minds
- a meeting of the minds
- a men
- a mensa et thoro
- a mess of pottage
- a method in one's madness