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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
break
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
She broke her neck.
He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
3. v. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
4. v. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
Her child's death broke Angela.
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
5. v. To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
6. v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
My heart is breaking.
7. v. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
8. v. To ruin financially.
The recession broke some small businesses.
9. v. To violate, to not adhere to.
When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
break one's word
Time travel would break the laws of physics.
10. v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
11. v. (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
12. v. (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
13. v. (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
Morning has broken.
The day broke crisp and clear.
14. v. (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
16. v. (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
17. v. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
break a seal
18. v. (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
19. v. (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.
20. v. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
21. v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
22. v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
Let's break for lunch.
23. v. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
24. v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
In the latest breaking news...
When news of their divorce broke, ...
25. v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
26. v. To change a steady state abruptly.
His coughing broke the silence.
His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
27. v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
28. v. (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
29. v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
30. v. To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
He broke the men's 100-meter record.
I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
31. v. (sports):
32. v. (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
He needs to break serve to win the match.
33. v. (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
Is it your or my turn to break?
34. v. (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
35. v. (transitive military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
36. v. To end (a connection), to disconnect.
The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
37. v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
38. v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
39. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
40. v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
42. v. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
to break flax
43. v. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
44. v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
to break into a run or gallop
45. v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
off
1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object.
He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
Please switch off the light when you leave.
die off
3. adv. So as to be removed or separated.
He bit off more than he could chew.
Some branches were sawn off.
4. adj. Inoperative, disabled.
All the lights are off.
5. adj. Rancid, rotten.
This milk is off!
6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
sales are off this quarter
8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
9. adj. Started on the way.
off to see the wizard
And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
10. adj. Far; off to the side.
the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season
12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
— I'll have the chicken please.
— Sorry, chicken's off today.
13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).
14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on
I took it off the table.
Come off the roof!
15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
16. prep. Away from or not on.
He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
Keep off the grass.
17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from.
We've been off the grid for three days now.
He took 20% off the list price.
18. prep. Distant from.
We're just off the main road.
The island is 23 miles off the cape.
19. prep. No longer wanting or taking.
He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
He's off his meds again.
20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering).
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
He got in the way so I had him offed.
22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
Can you off the light?
23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point.
He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
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
snatch
1. v. To grasp and remove quickly.
He snatched up the phone.
She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
2. v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
to snatch at a rope
3. v. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
to snatch a kiss
4. v. (transitive, informal) To steal.
Someone has just snatched my purse!
5. v. (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
6. v. (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
He snatched a glimpse of her while her mother had her back turned.
7. n. A quick grab or catch.
The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
8. n. (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
9. n. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
10. n. (vulgar slang) The vulva.
11. n. (dated) A brief period of exertion.
12. n. (dated) A catching of the voice.
13. n. (dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
14. n. (dated) A quibble.
15. n. The handle of a scythe; a snead.
away
1. adv. From a place, hence.
He went away on vacation.
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
sing away
6. adv. Without restraint.
You've got questions? Ask away!
7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time.
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
8. adv. At a distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeks away.
9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on!
10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
The master is away from home.
Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's miles away by now.
Spring is still a month away.
12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
Entrance for away supporters.
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
14. adj. misspelling of aweigh

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