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snowboarding
     1. n. The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
     2. v. present participle of snowboard
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
ride
     1. v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
     2. v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
     3. v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
           The cab rode him downtown.
     4. v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
     5. v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
           The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick.
     6. v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
           A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.
     7. v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
     8. v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
     9. v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
     10. v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
     11. v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
     12. v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
     13. v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
     14. v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
     15. v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
     16. n. An instance of riding.
           Can I have a ride on your bike?
     17. n. (informal) A vehicle.
           That is a nice ride you are driving.
     18. n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
     19. n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
           Can you give me a ride?
     20. n. (UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
     21. n. (dialect) A saddle horse.
     22. n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
aggressively
     1. adv. In an aggressive manner.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary