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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
defend
1. v. To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
2. v. To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
3. v. (transitive, legal) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
4. v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
5. v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
6. v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
9. v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
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.
guard
1. n. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard.
2. n. (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
3. n. (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
The president inspected the guard of honour.
4. n. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand
5. n. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard.
6. n. (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
7. n. (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
8. n. (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
9. n. (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through whic
10. n. (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
11. n. (rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
12. n. (computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
13. v. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
14. v. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
Guard the prisoner.
15. v. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
Careful people guard against mistakes.
16. v. To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
17. v. To fasten by binding; to gird.

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