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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.
reflexive
1. adj. (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
2. adj. (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
"Equals" is a reflexive relation.
3. adj. Of or resulting from a reflex.
The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
4. adj. (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
a reflexive dislike
5. adj. synonym of reflective
6. n. (grammar) A reflexive pronoun.
7. n. (grammar) A reflexive verb.
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
flee
1. v. (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
2. v. To escape from.
Many people fled the country as war loomed.
Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
3. v. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
secretly
1. adv. In secret, covertly.
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
steal
1. v. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.
2. v. (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.
3. v. To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.
4. v. (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.
He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.
5. v. To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
6. v. (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.
7. v. To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
8. v. (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
9. v. (sports) To dispossess
10. v. (humorous, transitive) To acquire; to get
Hold on, I need to steal a phone from the office. I'll be back real quick.
11. n. The act of stealing.
12. n. A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
At this price, this car is a steal.
13. n. (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
14. n. (baseball) A stolen base.
15. n. (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
16. n. (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
away
1. adv. From a place, hence.
He went away on vacation.
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
sing away
6. adv. Without restraint.
You've got questions? Ask away!
7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time.
That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
8. adv. At a distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeks away.
9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on!
10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
The master is away from home.
Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's miles away by now.
Spring is still a month away.
12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
Entrance for away supporters.
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
14. adj. misspelling of aweigh
particularly
1. adv. (focus) Especially, extremely.
The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
2. adv. (degree) To a great extent.
3. adv. Specifically, uniquely or individually.
4. adv. In detail; with regard to particulars.
5. adv. (dated) In a particular manner; fussily.
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
avoid
1. v. to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. v. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
I try to avoid the company of gamblers.
3. v. To try not to do something or to have something happen
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
5. v. (transitive, now legal) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
6. v. (transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
10. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
arrest
1. n. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
2. n. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
3. n. (legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
4. n. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
5. n. A device to physically arrest motion.
6. n. (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
7. n. (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
8. n. (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
10. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
11. v. To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
12. v. To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.
13. v. To catch the attention of.
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.
prosecution
1. n. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill.
2. n. (legal) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
3. n. (legal) The prosecuting party.

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