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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
partially
1. adv. To a partial degree or extent, incompletely.
wet
1. adj. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Synonyms: wetting
Water is wet.
2. adj. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Synonyms: damp, saturated, soaked, Thesaurus:wet
I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
3. adj. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
4. adj. Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
5. adj. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
6. adj. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Synonyms: damp, raining, rainy
It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
7. adj. (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Synonyms: green, wet behind the ears
That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
8. adj. (slang) (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having a vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
Synonyms: horny, moist, Thesaurus:randy
He got me all wet.
9. adj. (Britain, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Synonyms: feeble, hopeless, useless
Don’t be so wet.
10. adj. (slang) Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
11. adj. (slang) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
12. adj. (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
13. adj. (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
14. n. Liquid or moisture.
15. n. Rainy weather.
Don't go out in the wet.
16. n. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
17. n. (UK, pejorative) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, contrasted with dry.
18. n. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
19. n. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
20. v. To cover or impregnate with liquid.
21. v. To accidentally urinate in or on.
Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
22. v. (intransitive) To make or become wet.
23. v. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
24. v. misspelling of whet
something
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
I have something for you in my bag.
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.
The performance was something of a disappointment.
That child is something of a genius.
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
She has a certain something.
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way.
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.
The baby looks something like his father.
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree.
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
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
splashing
1. v. present participle of splash
2. n. An action that splashes.
Bathtime was full of mischief and splashings.
splash
1. n. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
2. n. A small amount of liquid.
I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.
I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
3. n. A small amount (of color).
The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
4. n. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
5. n. An impact or impression.
The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.
6. n. (computing, informal) splash screen
7. n. (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
8. n. (dated) A cosmetic powder for the complexion.
9. v. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
sit and splash in the bathtub
10. v. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
water splashed everywhere
11. v. to hit or expel liquid at
The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
12. v. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
13. v. To spend (money)
After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
14. v. To launch a ship.
15. v. (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
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.
dipping
1. v. present participle of dip
2. n. An act or process of immersing.
3. n. The act of inclining downward.
4. n. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
5. n. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
6. n. (US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
dip
1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
5. n. A dip stick.
6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
8. n. A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
16. v. To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
19. v. To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei
“The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
24. v. To immerse for baptism.
25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
35. n. A foolish person.
36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
37. n. (informal) A diplomat.
connotes
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of connote
connote
1. v. To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
2. v. To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
Poverty connotes hunger.
3. v. (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. v. (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
playfulness
1. n. The quality of being playful.

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