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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
settle
1. v. To conclude or resolve (something):
2. v. To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, e
His fears were settled
She hopes to settle and questions about the plans.
The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.
3. v. To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
to settle a quarrel
4. v. # In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
5. v. To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
6. v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
to settle a bill
7. v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
He has settled with his creditors.
8. v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
9. v. To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
to settle my affairs
to settle her estate
10. v. To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
11. v. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
12. v. (dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
13. v. To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
clear weather settles the roads
14. v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
the weather settled; wait until the crowd settles before speaking
15. v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
the roads settled late in the spring.
16. v. To establish or become established in a steady position:
17. v. To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or f
18. v. In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
19. v. # (transitive, obsolete, US) In particular, to establish in pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
# to settle a minister
20. v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
21. v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
22. v. (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
23. v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
they settled down at an inn; the hawk settled on a branch
24. v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down).
the Saxons who settled in Britain
25. v. (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
the French first settled Canada
the Puritans settled New England
Plymouth was settled in 1620.
26. v. To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
27. v. To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
28. v. To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
29. v. To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
to settle the sediment out of the water
30. v. To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it
31. v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
32. v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
33. v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
the chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping
34. v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
wine settles by standing
35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
36. v. (transitive, intransitive, of an, animal) To make or become pregnant.
37. n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
38. n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
39. n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
comfortably
1. adv. In a comfortable manner.
I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.
2. adv. Easily; without effort or difficulty.

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