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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
lie
1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin
2. v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
4. v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. v. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
7. v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
8. v. (legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
9. n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
10. n. (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
11. n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
12. v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or une
13. v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
Photographs often lie.
Hips don't lie.
14. v. (intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.
Wow, that boy can really lie!
15. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
16. n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
17. n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
18. n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
close
1. v. (physical) To remove a gap.
2. v. To obstruct (an opening).
3. v. To move so that an opening is closed.
Close the door behind you when you leave.
Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed.
4. v. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.
to close the ranks of an army
5. v. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
6. v. (social) To finish, to terminate.
7. v. To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
close the session; to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction
8. v. To come to an end.
The debate closed at six o'clock.
9. v. (marketing) To make a sale.
10. v. (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
He has closed the last two games for his team.
11. v. (figurative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
12. v. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
13. v. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
14. n. An end or conclusion.
We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
15. n. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
16. n. A grapple in wrestling.
17. n. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
18. n. (music) A double bar marking the end.
19. adj. (now rare) Closed, shut.
20. adj. Narrow; confined.
a close alley; close quarters
21. adj. At a little distance; near.
Is your house close?
22. adj. Intimate; well-loved.
He is a close friend.
23. adj. (legal) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
24. adj. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
25. adj. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
26. adj. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
27. adj. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
a close prisoner
28. adj. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
29. adj. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
a close contest
30. adj. Short.
to cut grass or hair close
31. adj. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
32. adj. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
close reasoning
33. adj. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
Money is close.
34. adj. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
35. adj. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
a close translation
36. adj. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
The patient was kept under close observation.
37. adj. Marked, evident.
38. n. (now rare) An enclosed field.
39. n. (British) A street that ends in a dead end.
40. n. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
41. n. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
42. n. A cathedral close.
43. n. (legal) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
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.
snug
1. adj. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
2. adj. Satisfactory.
3. adj. Close-fitting.
4. adj. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
5. n. (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
6. n. (engineering) A lug.
7. v. To make secure or snug.
8. v. To snuggle or nestle.
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
crouch
1. v. (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
2. v. (intransitive) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
3. v. (intransitive) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
4. n. A bent or stooped position.
The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.
5. n. (obsolete) A cross.
6. v. (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
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
nestle
1. v. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
2. v. To press oneself against another affectionately.
3. v. (intransitive) To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
The old shop nestled between the newer apartment buildings.
4. v. (archaic, ornithology, intransitive) To build or sit upon a nest.
5. v. (archaic, ornithology, transitive) Of a bird: to look after its young.
6. v. To move or place into a comfortable position

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