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 | |
sew |
1. v. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. | |
Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. | |
3. v. To enclose by sewing. | |
to sew money into a bag | |
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from. | |
5. v. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded. | |
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. | |
unite |
1. v. To bring together as one. | |
The new government will try to unite the various factions. | |
I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures. | |
2. v. (reciprocal) To come together as one. | |
If we want to win, we will need to unite. | |
3. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotla | |
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. | |
attach |
1. v. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). | |
An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship. | |
You need to attach the carabiner to your harness. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached. | |
3. v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. | |
Dower will attach. | |
4. v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to. | |
attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery | |
5. v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to. | |
to attach great importance to a particular circumstance | |
6. v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of. | |
7. v. (obsolete, legal) To arrest, seize. | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
stitches |
1. n. plural of stitch | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of stitch | |
stitch |
1. n. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. | |
2. n. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. | |
cross stitch | |
herringbone stitch | |
3. n. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise. | |
4. n. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn | |
drop a stitch | |
take up a stitch | |
5. n. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style. | |
6. n. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle. | |
7. n. (by extension) Any space passed over; distance. | |
8. n. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle. | |
a stitch in the side | |
9. n. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist. | |
10. n. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress. | |
to wet every stitch of clothes | |
She didn't have a stitch on. | |
11. n. A furrow. | |
12. v. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. | |
to stitch a shirt bosom. | |
13. v. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches. | |
to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework. | |
15. v. (agriculture) To form land into ridges. | |
16. v. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds. | |
17. v. (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image. | |
I can use this software to stitch together a panorama. | |
18. v. (more generally) To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. | |