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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
blow
1. adj. (now chiefly dialectal Northern England) Blue.
2. v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
3. v. To propel by an air current.
Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
4. v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
5. v. To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
6. v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
to blow the fire
7. v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
to blow an egg
to blow one's nose
8. v. To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
9. v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.
10. v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")
11. v. (intransitive) To explode.
Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!
12. v. (transitive, with "up", or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.
The aerosol can was blown to bits.
13. v. To cause sudden destruction of.
He blew the tires and the engine.
14. v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.
15. v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
This blows!
16. v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
I blew $35 thou on a car.
We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.
17. v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
18. v. (transitive, slang) To leave.
Let's blow this joint.
19. v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
20. v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
21. v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
22. v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
23. v. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
to blow a horse
24. v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
25. v. (slang) To sing
That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!
26. v. (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
27. n. A strong wind.
We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
28. n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.
29. n. (US, slang) Cocaine.
30. n. (UK, slang) Cannabis.
31. n. (US Chicago Regional slang) Heroin.
32. n. The act of striking or hitting.
A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.
33. n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
34. n. A damaging occurrence.
A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
35. v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
36. n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
37. n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
38. n. A bloom, state of flowering.
roses in full blow.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
strong
1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force.
a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
a strong foundation; good strong shoes
3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
4. adj. Determined; unyielding.
He is strong in the face of adversity.
5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses.
a strong light; a strong taste
6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
a strong smell
7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine
8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
a strong drink
She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes
9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
a strong verb
10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
a strong acid; a strong base
11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
a strong position
12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good.
You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!
13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units.
The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.
14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense)
15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing.
17. adv. In a strong manner.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
sudden
1. adj. Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.
2. adj. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
3. adj. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
4. adv. (poetic) Suddenly.
5. n. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
gusts
1. n. plural of gust
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of gust
gust
1. n. a strong, abrupt rush of wind.
2. n. any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
3. v. (intransitive) To blow in gusts.
4. n. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
5. n. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
6. n. Intellectual taste; fancy.
7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

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