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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
destroy
     1. v. To damage beyond use or repair.
           The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
     2. v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
           Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
     3. v. To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
           Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
     4. v. To put down or euthanize.
           Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
     5. v. To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
           Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
     6. v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
     7. v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.
           The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
     8. v. (US, colloquial slang) To sing a song poorly.
especially
     1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
     2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
     3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
           Invite them all, especially Molly.
by
     1. prep. Near or next to.
           The mailbox is by the bus stop.
     2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
           Be back by ten o'clock!  We will send it by the first week of July.
     3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
           The matter was decided by the chairman.  The boat was swamped by the water.  He was protected by his body armour.
     4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
           There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
     5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
     6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
           I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
     7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
           The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
     8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
           I sorted the items by category.  By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
     9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
           Our stock is up by ten percent.
     10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
           We went through the book page by page.  We crawled forward by inches.
     11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
           He cheated by his own admission.
     12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
           By Jove! I think she's got it!  By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
     13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
           It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.  The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.  The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
     14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
     15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
           I watched as it passed by.
     16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
           There was a shepherd close by.
           The shop is hard by the High Street.
     17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
           I'll stop by on my way home from work.
           We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
     18. adv. Aside, away.
           The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
     19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
     20. n. (card games) A pass
     21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
fire
     1. n. A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
     2. n. An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
           We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
     3. n. The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
           There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
           During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
     4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
     5. n. (British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
     6. n. The elements necessary to start a fire.
           The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
     7. n. The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
           The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
     8. n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
     9. n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
     10. n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
           Press fire to fire the gun.
     11. v. To set (something, often a building) on fire.
     12. v. To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
           If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
           They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
     13. v. To drive away by setting a fire.
     14. v. To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
     15. v. To shoot (a gun or analogous device).
           We will fire our guns at the enemy.
           He fired his radar gun at passing cars.
     16. v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
           Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
     17. v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
     18. v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
           When a neuron fires, it transmits information.
     19. v. To forcibly direct (something).
           He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
     20. v. (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
           The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
           The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.
     21. v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
           to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
     22. v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
           to fire the genius of a young man
     23. v. To feed or serve the fire of.
           to fire a boiler
     24. v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
     25. v. (farriery) To cauterize.
     26. v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
     27. v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
     28. adj. (slang) Amazing; excellent.
           That shit is fire, yo!
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary