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intransitive
     1. adj. (grammar, of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object
           The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.".
     2. adj. (rare) not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
           And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
be
     1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
     2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
           There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
     3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
           The cup is on the table.
     4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
           When will the meeting be?
     5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
           The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
           I have been to Spain many times.
           Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
     6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
           Knowledge is bliss.
           Hi, I’m Jim.
     7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
           3 times 5 is fifteen.
     8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
           François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
     9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
           The sky is blue.
     10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
           The sky is a deep blue today.
     11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
           The dog was drowned by the boy.
     12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
           The woman is walking.
           I shall be writing to you soon.
           We liked to chat while we were eating.
     13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
     14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
           I am to leave tomorrow.
           I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
     15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
           This building is three hundred years old.
           I am 75 kilograms.
           He’s about 6 feet tall.
     16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
           I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
     17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
           It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
           It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
           What time is it there? It’s night.
     18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
           It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
           It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
     19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
           It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
           Why is it so dark in here?
     20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
           "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
           Why is he being nice to me?
affected
     1. adj. Influenced or changed by something.
           The affected products had to be recalled.
     2. adj. Simulated in order to impress.
           He spoke with an affected English accent.
     3. adj. Emotionally moved; touched.
     4. adj. (algebra, archaic) adfected.
           an affected equation
     5. adj. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
     6. adj. artificial, stilted
     7. n. Someone affected, as by a disease.
     8. v. simple past tense and past participle of affect
           The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
     affect
          1. v. To influence or alter.
                The experience affected me deeply.
                The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
          2. v. To move to emotion.
                He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
          3. v. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
                Hepatitis affects the liver.
          4. v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
          5. v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
          6. v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
          7. v. To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
                to affect ignorance
                He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.
          8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
          9. v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
          10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
          11. n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
          12. n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
          13. n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
parasitic
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
     2. adj. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
     3. adj. Exploiting another for personal gain.
     4. n. (electronics) A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
fungus
     1. n. (mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
called
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of call
     call
          1. n. A telephone conversation.
                I received several phone calls today.
                I received several calls today.
          2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
                I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
          3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
                The ship made a call at Southampton.
          4. n. A cry or shout.
                He heard a call from the other side of the room.
          5. n. A decision or judgement.
                That was a good call.
          6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
                That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
          7. n. A beckoning or summoning.
                I had to yield to the call of the wild.
          8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
                The Prime Minister has the call.
                I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
          9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
          10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
          11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
          12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
          13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
          14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
                There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
          15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
          16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
          17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
          18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
          19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
          20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
          21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
          22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
          23. v. To use one's voice.:
          24. v.          (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
                        That person is hurt; call for help!
          25. v.          (intransitive) To cry or shout.
          26. v.          To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
                        to call the roll of a military company
          27. v.          (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone.
                        Why don't you call me in the morning?  Why don't you call tomorrow?
          28. v.          To declare in advance.
                        The captains call the coin toss.
          29. v.          To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
          30. v.          To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
                        After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
          31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
          32. v.          To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
                        We could always call on a friend.  The engineer called round whilst you were away.
          33. v.          To stop at a station or port.
                        This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington.  Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
          34. v. To name, identify or describe.:
          35. v.          (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
                        Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
          36. v.          (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
                        I'm called John.  A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
          37. v.          To predict.
                        He called twelve of the last three recessions.
          38. v.          To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
                        They call the distance ten miles.  That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
          39. v.          (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
          40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
          41. v.          (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
          42. v.          (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
          43. v.          (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
                         I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
          44. v.          (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno
                         I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!
          45. v.          To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
                        My partner called two spades.
          46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
                He felt called to help the old man.
          47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
          48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
          49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
                A recursive function is one that calls itself.
rust
     1. n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
           The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
     2. n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
           aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973)
     3. n. A reddish-brown color.
           (color panel, B7410E)
     4. n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
     5. v. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
           The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
     6. v. To cause to oxidize.
           The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
     7. v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
     8. v. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
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