south |
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S. | |
2. adj. Toward the south; southward. | |
3. adj. (meteorology, of wind) from the south. | |
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the south; southern. | |
5. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic. | |
south highway 1 | |
6. adv. Toward the south; southward. | |
7. adv. Downward. | |
8. adv. In an adverse direction or trend. | |
9. adv. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south. | |
10. v. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south. | |
11. v. (astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line. | |
The moon souths at nine. | |
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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 | |
travel |
1. v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. | |
I like to travel. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another. | |
Soundwaves can travel through water. | |
3. v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball. | |
4. v. To travel throughout (a place). | |
I’ve travelled the world. | |
5. v. To force to journey. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail. | |
7. n. The act of traveling. | |
space travel | |
travel to Spain | |
8. n. A series of journeys. | |
9. n. An account of one's travels. | |
I’m off on my travels around France again. | |
10. n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point. | |
11. n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke. | |
There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment. | |
My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail. | |
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 | |
ox |
1. n. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus). | |
2. n. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef. | |
wagon |
1. n. A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | |
2. n. A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | |
3. n. An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. | |
4. n. An enclosed vehicle used as a movable dwelling; a caravan. | |
5. n. short for, dinner wagon, , set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving | |
6. n. (slang) (short for, paddy wagon, , police van for transporting prisoners) | |
7. n. (rail transport) A freight car on a railway. | |
Synonyms: goods wagon, q1=Britain | |
8. n. (chiefly Australia, US, slang) (short for, station wagon, , type of car in which the roof extends rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position of and serving the function of the boot (trunk)); | |
9. n. (Ireland, slang) A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow. | |
10. v. (transitive, chiefly US) To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon. | |
11. v. (intransitive, chiefly US) To travel in a wagon. | |