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 | |
spatter |
1. v. To splash (someone or something) with small droplets. | |
When my wet chihuahua shook himself, I was spattered with smelly water. | |
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing. | |
3. v. To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around. | |
to spatter blood | |
4. v. (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something). | |
Make sure the pieces of fish are dry before you put them into the hot oil so that it doesn’t spatter. | |
6. v. (obsolete, transitive, figurative) To injure by aspersion; to defame. | |
7. n. A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface. | |
8. n. A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface. | |
There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall. | |
9. n. The sound of droplets hitting a surface. | |
10. n. (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface. | |
11. n. (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface. | |
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 | |
sprinkle |
1. v. To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). | |
The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes. | |
2. v. To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. | |
The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. | |
It sprinkled outside all day long. | |
4. v. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. | |
5. n. A light covering with a sprinkled substance. | |
He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter. | |
6. n. A light rain shower. | |
7. n. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling. | |