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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
cause
     1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
           They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
     2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
           There is no cause for alarm.
           The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
     3. n. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
     4. n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
     5. n. (obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
     6. n. (legal) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
     7. v. To set off an event or action.
           The lightning caused thunder.
     8. v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
           His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
     9. v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
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
waste
     1. n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
     2. n. Excrement or urine.
           The cage was littered with animal waste
     3. n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
     4. n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
     5. n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
     6. n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
     7. n. A vast expanse of water.
     8. n. A disused mine or part of one.
     9. n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
           That was a waste of time
           Her life seemed a waste
     10. n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
     11. n. Gradual loss or decay.
     12. n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
     13. n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
     14. n. (legal) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or charact
     15. n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
     16. adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
     17. adj. Barren; desert.
     18. adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
     19. adj. Superfluous; needless.
     20. adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
     21. v. to devastate, destroy
     22. v. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
           We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
     23. v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
     24. v. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
     25. v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
     26. v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
     27. v. (legal) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
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
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.
become
     1. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).
     2. v. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
           What became of him after he was let go?
           It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.
     3. v. (copulative) begin to be; turn into.
           She became a doctor when she was 25.
           The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.
     4. v. To be proper for; to beseem.
     5. v. Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
           That dress really becomes you.
abortive
     1. adj. (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
           an abortive child
     2. adj. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
           an abortive attempt
     3. adj. (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
           an abortive organ
           an abortive stamen
           an abortive ovule
     4. adj. (medicine, rare, attributive) Causing abortion; abortifacient
           abortive medicines
     5. adj. (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
           abortive treatment of typhoid fever
     6. adj. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
           abortive vellum
     7. n. (obsolete) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
     8. n. (obsolete) A fruitless effort or issue.
     9. n. (obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
     10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
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
starve
     1. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To die; in later use especially to die slowly, waste away.
     2. v. (intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
     3. v. (intransitive) To be very hungry.
           Hey, ma, I'm starving! What's for dinner?
     4. v. To destroy, make capitulate or at least make suffer by deprivation, notably of food.
     5. v. To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
           The uncaring parents starved the child of love.
           The patient's brain was starved of oxygen.
     6. v. (intransitive) To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
     7. v. (transitive, British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) To kill with cold.
           I was half starved waiting out in that wind.
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.
weaken
     1. v. To make weaker.
     2. v. (intransitive) To become weaker.
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