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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
arrange
1. v. To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper
3. v. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
strands
1. n. plural of strand
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of strand
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
thread
1. n. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
2. n. A continued theme or idea.
All of these essays have a common thread.
I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
3. n. (engineering) A screw thread.
4. n. A sequence of connections.
5. n. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
6. n. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
7. n. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
8. n. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
9. n. (figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.
10. v. To put thread through.
thread a needle
11. v. To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
12. v. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.
So
1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
2. conj. In order that.
Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food.
He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.
He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
“I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!”
4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent.
I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long
7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause).
He is so good!
8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause).
It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable
9. adv. (slang) Very much.
But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true!
10. adv. In a particular manner.
Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).
11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on
12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
so far as; so long as; so much as
13. adj. True, accurate.
That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so?
14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
Is he so?
16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
So, let's go home.
So, what'll you have?
So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
17. interj. (Short for) so what.
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?".
18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
So how does this story end?
So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not?
19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.)
20. pron. abbreviation of someone
21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered.
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They say it’s a good place to live.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They should do something about this.
They have a lot of snow in winter.
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those.
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their.
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
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.
lengthwise
1. adj. In the long direction of an oblong object.
A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.
2. adv. In the long direction of an oblong object.
Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
weaving
1. n. The process of making woven material on a loom.
2. n. A piece of such material.
3. n. An unsteady motion back and forth.
4. v. present participle of weave
The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
5. v. gerund of weave
weave
1. v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
This loom weaves yarn into sweaters.
2. v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
Spiders weave beautiful but deadly webs.
3. v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
to weave the plot of a story
5. n. A type or way of weaving.
That rug has a very tight weave.
6. n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
7. v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
The drunk weaved into another bar.
8. v. To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
The ambulance weaved its way through the heavy traffic.

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