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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
emphasize
1. v. To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.
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.
draw
1. v. To move or develop something.:
2. v. To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
3. v. To deduce or infer.
He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
4. v. (intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.
5. v. To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
to draw money from a bank
6. v. To take into the lungs; to inhale.
7. v. (used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
We drew back from the cliff edge.
The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.
Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.
8. v. To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
10. v. (archaic) To draw up (a document).
to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
11. v. To exert or experience force.:
12. v. To drag, pull.
13. v. (intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
This horse draws well.
A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
14. v. To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
They drew their swords and fought each other.
15. v. To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
The carriage draws easily.
16. v. (archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.
17. v. (of curtains, etc.) To close.
You should draw the curtains at night.
18. v. (of curtains, etc.) To open.
She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
19. v. (cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
20. v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
21. v. To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
draw water from a well; draw water for a bath; the wound drew blood
22. v. To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
23. v. (figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
24. v. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
A ship draws ten feet of water.
25. v. (intransitive, medicine, dated) To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
26. v. (intransitive, dated) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
A chimney or flue draws.
27. v. (analogous) To consume, for example, power.
The circuit draws three hundred watts.
28. v. To change in size or shape.:
29. v. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
to draw a mass of metal into wire
30. v. (intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
31. v. To attract or be attracted.:
32. v. To attract.
The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town. I was drawn to her.
33. v. To induce a reticent person to speak.
He refused to be drawn on the subject
34. v. (hunting) To search for game.
35. v. To cause.
36. v. (intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
37. v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
38. v. To disembowel.
He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
39. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
We drew last time we played. I drew him last time I played him. I drew my last game against him.
40. v. A random selection process.
41. v. To select by the drawing of lots.
The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
42. v. To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
He drew a prize.
43. v. (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.
44. v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
45. v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
46. v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
47. v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
48. n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
The game ended in a draw.
49. n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
The draw is on Saturday.
50. n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
51. n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
52. n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
53. n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
54. n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
55. n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
56. n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
57. n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
58. n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
59. n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
attention
1. n. Mental focus.
Please direct your attention to the following words.
2. n. An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
3. n. (military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
The company will now come to attention.
4. interj. (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
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

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