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obsolete
     1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
           It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.
     2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
     3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.
           This software component has been obsoleted.
           We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
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
run
     1. v. To move swiftly.
     2. v.          (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
                   Run, Sarah, run!
     3. v.          (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
                   The horse ran the length of the track.  I have been running all over the building looking for him.  Sorry, I've got to run; my house is
     4. v.          To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
                   Every day I run my dog across the field and back.  I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.  Run your fingers through my hair.
     5. v.          (transitive, or intransitive) To compete in a race.
                   The horse will run the Preakness next year.  I'm not ready to run a marathon.
     6. v.          (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
     7. v.          (intransitive, soccer) To carry a football down the field.
     8. v.          To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
                   The horse ran a great race.
     9. v.          (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
                   Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs.  When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
     10. v.          (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
     11. v. (fluids) To flow.
     12. v.          (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
                   There's a strange story running around the neighborhood.  The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
     13. v.          (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
                   The river runs through the forest.  There's blood running down your leg.
     14. v.          (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
                   Your nose is running.  Why is the hose still running?  My cup runneth over.
     15. v.          To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
                   You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot.  Run the tap until the water gets hot.
     16. v.          (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
     17. v.          (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
                   He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
     18. v.          To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
                   to run bullets
     19. v.          (figurative, transitive) To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
                   run a red light or stop sign;  run a blockade
     20. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
     21. v. (social) To carry out an activity.
     22. v.          To control or manage, be in charge of.
                   My uncle ran a corner store for forty years.  She runs the fundraising.  My parents think they run my life.  He is running an expe
     23. v.          (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
                   I have decided to run for governor of California.  We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
     24. v.          To make run in a race or an election.
                   He ran his best horse in the Derby.  The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
     25. v.          To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
                   to run through life;  to run in a circle
     26. v.          (intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.
                   The story will run on the 6-o'clock news.  The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre.  Her picture ran on t
     27. v.          To print or broadcast in the media.
                   run a story;  run an ad
     28. v.          To transport someone or something.
                   Could you run me over to the store?  Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
     29. v.          To smuggle illegal goods.
                   to run guns;  to run rum
     30. v.          (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
                   Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
     31. v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
     32. v.          (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
                   The border runs for 3000 miles.  The leash runs along a wire.  The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table.  It ran in q
     33. v.          (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
                   The sale will run for ten days.  The contract runs through 2008.  The meeting ran late.  The book runs 655 pages.  The speech
     34. v.          To make something extend in space.
                   I need to run this wire along the wall.
     35. v.          (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
                   My car stopped running.  That computer runs twenty-four hours a day.  Buses don't run here on Sunday.
     36. v.          To make a machine operate.
                   It's full. You can run the dishwasher now.  Don't run the engine so fast.
     37. v. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
           They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong.  Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice.  I will run the sample.  Don't run that software
     38. v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
           to run from one subject to another
     39. v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
           Our supplies are running low.  They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
     40. v. To cost a large amount of money.
           Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.  Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
     41. v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
           My stocking is running.
     42. v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
     43. v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
           to run a sword into or through the body;  to run a nail into one's foot
     44. v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
     45. v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
           to run a line
     46. v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
           to run the risk of losing one's life
     47. v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
     48. v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
     49. v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
     50. v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
           Every three or four hands he would run the table.
     51. v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
     52. v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
     53. v. To have growth or development.
           Boys and girls run up rapidly.
     54. v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
     55. v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
           Certain covenants run with the land.
     56. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
     57. v. (video games) To speedrun.
     58. v. past participle of rin
     59. n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
           I just got back from my morning run.
     60. n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
           I need to make a run to the store.
together
     1. adv. At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
           We went to school together.
     2. adv. Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
           He put all the parts together.
     3. adv. In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
           Bob and Andy went into business together.  Jenny and Mark have been together since they went on holiday to Mexico.
     4. adj. (colloquial) Coherent; well organized.
           He's really together.
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
meet
     1. v. To make contact (with) while in proximity.
     2. v.          To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
                   Fancy meeting you here!  Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
     3. v.          To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
                   Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.  Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?
     4. v.          To get acquainted with someone.
                   I'm pleased to meet you!  I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
                   I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!
     5. v.          (Ireland) To French kiss someone.
     6. v. Of groups: to gather or oppose.
     7. v.          To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
                   I met with them several times.  The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.
     8. v.          To come together in conflict.
     9. v.          (sports) To play a match.
                   England and Holland will meet in the final.
     10. v. To make physical or perceptual contact.
     11. v.          To converge and finally touch or intersect.
                   The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.
     12. v.          To touch or hit something while moving.
                   The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.
     13. v.          To adjoin, be physically touching.
                   The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room. The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.
     14. v. To satisfy; to comply with.
           This proposal meets my requirements.  The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.
     15. v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
           The eye met a horrid sight.  He met his fate.
     16. n. A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
     17. n. A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
     18. n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
     19. n. A meeting.
           OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.
     20. n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
     21. n. (Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
     22. adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
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