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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
put
     1. v. To place something somewhere.
           She put her books on the table.
     2. v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
           Put your house in order!
           He is putting all his energy into this one task.
           She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
     3. v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
           He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
     4. v. To express something in a certain manner.
           When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
     5. v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
     6. v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
     7. v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
     8. v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
           to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
     9. v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
     10. v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
           to put a question; to put a case
     11. v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
     12. v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
     13. n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
     14. n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
           He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
     15. n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
           the put of a ball
     16. n. An old card game.
     17. n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
     18. n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
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
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
wrong
     1. adj. Incorrect or untrue.
           Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
     2. adj. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
           You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
     3. adj. Immoral, not good, bad.
           It is wrong to lie.
     4. adj. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
           A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
     5. adj. Not working; out of order.
           Something is wrong with my cellphone.
           Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.
     6. adj. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
     7. adj. (obsolete) Twisted; wry.
           a wrong nose
     8. adv. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
           I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
     9. n. Something that is immoral or not good.
           Injustice is a heinous wrong.
     10. n. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
     11. n. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
     12. n. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
     13. v. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
     14. v. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
     15. v. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
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.
unworthy
     1. adj. Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
     2. n. An inadequate person.
use
     1. n. The act of using.
           the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations;  there is no use for your invention
     2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
           What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
     3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
           This tool has many uses.
     4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
           I have no further use for these textbooks.
     5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
     6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
     7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
     8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
           the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
     9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
     10. v. To utilize or employ.
     11. v.          To employ; to apply; to utilize.
                   Use this knife to slice the bread.
                   We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
     12. v.          (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
                   I used the money they allotted me.
                   We should use up most of the fuel.
                   She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
     13. v.          To exploit.
                   You never cared about me; you just used me!
     14. v.          To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
                    He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
     15. v.          (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
                   Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
     16. v.          (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
                   I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
     17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
           soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
           to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
     18. v.          (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
     19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
     20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
     21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
           I used to get things done.
     22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
           to use an animal cruelly
     23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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
debase
     1. v. To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
     2. v. (transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
     3. v. To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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
abuse
     1. n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
           All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.
     2. n. Misuse; improper use; perversion.
     3. n. (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
     4. n. (dated outside of Africa) Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
     5. n. (now rare)   Catachresis.
     6. n. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
     7. n. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
     8. v. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
           He abused his authority.
     9. v. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
     10. v. (transitive, dated outside of Africa) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
     11. v. To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
     12. v. (transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape.
     13. v. (transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
     14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
     15. v. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
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
defile
     1. v. To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.
     2. v. To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate
           To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it.
     3. v. To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape
           The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl.
     4. n. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains
     5. n. A single file, such as of soldiers.
     6. n. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
     7. v. (archaic, intransitive) To march in a single file.
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