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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
hunt
1. v. To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
2. v. To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
The police are hunting for evidence.
3. v. To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
to hunt down a criminal
He was hunted from the parish.
4. v. To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?
5. v. To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.
6. v. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
7. v. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
8. v. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechan
9. n. The act of hunting.
10. n. A hunting expedition.
11. n. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
12. n. A pack of hunting dogs.
snipe
1. n. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2. n. A fool; a blockhead.
3. n. A shot fired from a concealed place.
4. n. (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
5. n. (ice hockey slang) A goal.
6. v. (intransitive) To hunt snipe.
7. v. (intransitive) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
8. v. (intransitive) (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
9. v. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
10. v. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
11. v. (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
12. n. (slang) A cigarette butt.
13. n. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
14. n. A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
15. n. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
16. n. A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
17. v. (intransitive) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

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