Used in a Sentence

tortoise

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tortoise.

Editorial note

The tortoise has an arsenal of weapons on its shell and the hare is laying face down with smoke coming from the would-be holes that the tortoise caused using his weapons/tools.

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Quick take

Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tortoise gathered in one view.

noun

Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tortoise.

noun

Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)

Example sentences

1

The tortoise has an arsenal of weapons on its shell and the hare is laying face down with smoke coming from the would-be holes that the tortoise caused using his weapons/tools.

2

The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over.

3

Other apps that overlay icons over files work the same way, including Tortoise Git/Hg/Svn.

4

Everyone remembers the story of the tortoise and the hare, but no one seems to have learned the lesson it teaches: Uh, no.

5

It has a version of The Tortoise and the Hare story on it.

6

Everyone else uses different solutions from tortoise to source tree to command line.

7

It wasn't until I was reading through the tortoise-and-hare bit that I realized the author was actually being serious.

8

The pendulum swings to the other extreme, tortoise and hare, yada yada...

9

You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.

10

They need the tortoise and hare fable pounded in by practice.

11

The tortoise apps do the same thing to overlay Git/Hg/Svn icons.

12

That's why I can have things like Tortoise Git/Hg/SVN and Mac users cannot.

Quote examples

1

Interviewers can ask an engineer for a way to find loops in a list, hoping that they find Floyd's "Tortoise and Hare" algorithm.

2

What Darcs really lacks is a good "Tortoise" client for seamless Windows integration.

3

Tortoise says there are tree conflicts, what--" "Done, I'm committing the result to the SVN repo now." "What?!

Proper noun examples

1

Tortoise: But suppose, hypothetically, that I fall off my bike and bump my head.

2

Sorry poor Tortoise, you're putting words into Achilles mouth.

3

Tortoise: But that's the very basis of my hypothesis!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tortoise in a sentence?

The tortoise has an arsenal of weapons on its shell and the hare is laying face down with smoke coming from the would-be holes that the tortoise caused using his weapons/tools.

What does tortoise mean?

Synonym of cat (sense 11, a wheeled shelter)

What part of speech is tortoise?

tortoise is commonly used as noun.