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transitive
1. adj. Making a transit or passage.
2. adj. Affected by transference of signification.
3. adj. (grammar, of a verb) Taking an object or objects.
The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticeda problem".
4. adj. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.
"Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.
5. adj. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. adj. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
slang
1. n. Language outside of conventional usage.
2. n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
3. n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.
4. v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
5. v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling
6. n. (dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
7. n. (obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
8. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit weight or measure.
9. n. (obsolete) A travelling show, or one of its performances.
10. n. (obsolete) A hawker's license.
11. n. (obsolete) A watchchain.
12. v. (transitive, AAVE, MLE) To sell (especially illegal drugs).
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
kill
1. v. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
2. v. To render inoperative.
He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
The editor decided to kill the story.
The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.
4. v. (transitive figuratively, hyperbole) To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
That night, she was dressed to kill.
That joke always kills me.
5. v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.
It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.
6. v. To use up or to waste.
I'm just doing this to kill time.
He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle.".
7. v. (transitive figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.
8. v. (transitive figuratively, hyperbole) To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
9. v. To force a company out of business.
10. v. (intransitive, informal, hyperbolic) To produce intense pain.
You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.
11. v. (figuratively, informal hyperbole transitive) To punish severely.
My parents are going to kill me!
12. v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
13. v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
14. v. (mathematics, transitive, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
15. v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
16. v. (metallurgy) To deadmelt.
17. n. The act of killing.
The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.
18. n. Specifically, the death blow.
The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
19. n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
20. n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
21. n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.
Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
22. n. A kiln.

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