tref
1 of 2noun
ˈtrāv
plural trefi
-vē
: a homestead or hamlet under old Cymric law
usually : a group or area acting as a single community as regards cattle and plowing, constituting a taxable unit, and consisting typically of nine houses, one plow, one oven, one churn, one cat, one cock, and one herdsman
tref
2 of 2adjective
ˈtrāf
variants or terefah or terefa or trefah or trefa
təˈrāfə
ˈtrāfə
: ritually unclean or unfit according to Jewish law —opposed to kosher
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Welsh, town, home, dwelling place, tref; akin to Cornish tref, tre dwelling place, town, Breton trev division of a parish, Old English thorp village
Adjective
Yiddish & Hebrew; Yiddish treyf, treyfe, from Hebrew ṭĕrēphāh animal torn by wild beasts, torn flesh
- overinsuring
- overintellectualization
- overintellectualizations
- overintellectualize
- overintellectualized
- overintellectualizes
- overintellectualizing
- overintense
- overintensely
- overintensities
- overintensity
- overinterpret
- overinterpretation
- overinterpretations
- overinterpreted
- overinterpreting
- overintricate
- overinvest
- overinvested
- overinvested in
- overinvesting
- overinvestment
- overinvestments
- overissuance
- overissuances