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intransitive
1. adj. (grammar, of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object
The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.".
2. adj. (rare) not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.
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
become
1. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).
2. v. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
What became of him after he was let go?
It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.
3. v. (copulative) begin to be; turn into.
She became a doctor when she was 25.
The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.
4. v. To be proper for; to beseem.
5. v. Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
That dress really becomes you.
extremely
1. adv. (degree) To an extreme degree.
thin
1. adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
2. adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
thin wire; thin string
3. adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin person
4. adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
5. adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
6. adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
a thin disguise
9. n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
10. n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
chocolate mint thins
potato thins
11. v. To make thin or thinner.
12. v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
13. v. To dilute.
14. v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
15. adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
seed sown thin
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.
wasted
1. adj. Not profitably used.
2. adj. Ravaged or deteriorated.
3. adj. Emaciated and haggard.
4. adj. (slang) very drunk or stoned.
5. adj. (medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person).
6. v. simple past tense and past participle of waste
waste
1. n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. n. Excrement or urine.
The cage was littered with animal waste
3. n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
4. n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
5. n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
6. n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
7. n. A vast expanse of water.
8. n. A disused mine or part of one.
9. n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
That was a waste of time
Her life seemed a waste
10. n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
11. n. Gradual loss or decay.
12. n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
13. n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
14. n. (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or charact
15. n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
16. adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
17. adj. Barren; desert.
18. adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
19. adj. Superfluous; needless.
20. adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
21. v. to devastate, destroy
22. v. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
23. v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
24. v. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
25. v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
26. v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
27. v. (legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

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