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 | |
strike |
1. v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. | |
Please strike the last sentence. | |
2. v. (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect. | |
3. v. To hit. | |
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef. | |
4. v. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. | |
A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. | |
6. v. To manufacture, as by stamping. | |
We will strike a medal in your honour. | |
7. v. (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground. | |
The ship struck in the night. | |
8. v. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by | |
The clock struck twelve. The drums strike up a march. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows. | |
10. v. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke. | |
to strike a light | |
11. v. To cause to ignite by friction. | |
to strike a match | |
12. v. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate. | |
A tree strikes its roots deep. | |
13. v. (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect. | |
14. v. To punish; to afflict; to smite. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way. | |
The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May. | |
17. v. (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon. | |
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions. | |
19. v. To impress, seem or appear (to). | |
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time. | |
20. v. To create an impression. | |
The news struck a sombre chord. | |
21. v. (sports) To score a goal. | |
22. v. (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal money. | |
23. v. (transitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To take forcibly or fraudulently. | |
to strike money | |
24. v. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion. | |
to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror | |
25. v. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse. | |
The proposed plan strikes me favourably. May the Lord strike down those sinners! I was struck dumb with astonishment. | |
26. v. (slang) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon. | |
He struck a friend for five dollars. | |
27. v. To touch; to act by appulse. | |
28. v. To take down, especially in the following contexts. | |
29. v. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.) | |
30. v. (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. | |
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers! | |
31. v. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.). | |
32. v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip. | |
They struck off along the river. | |
33. v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. | |
34. v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into. | |
to strike into reputation; to strike into a run | |
35. v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters. | |
36. v. To make and ratify. | |
to strike a bargain | |
37. v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top. | |
38. v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. | |
39. v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly. | |
My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail. | |
40. v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. | |
41. v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. | |
42. v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle. | |
43. v. To balance (a ledger or account). | |
44. n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught. | |
45. n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame. | |
46. n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. | |
47. n. A blow or application of physical force against something. | |
Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ... | |
48. n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option. | |
49. n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel. | |
50. n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at. | |
* The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike. | |
51. n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen. | |
52. n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth. | |
53. n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. | |
54. n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. | |
55. n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. | |
56. n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer. | |
57. n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail. | |
58. n. The discovery of a source of something. | |
59. n. A strike plate. | |
heavily |
1. adv. In a heavy manner. | |
She fell heavily into bed. | |
He clomped heavily up the stairs in his boots. | |
The great clod trod heavily on my toes! | |
2. adv. With a great weight. | |
heavily burdened | |
3. adv. To a considerable degree, to a great extent. | |
He relied heavily on the data collected by the others. | |
He drank heavily. | |
heavily in debt; heavily tattooed | |
4. adv. In a manner designed for heavy duty. | |
heavily armed soldiers; heavily armoured tanks; heavily reinforced walls | |
5. adv. So as to be thick or heavy. | |
heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms | |
6. adv. In a laboured manner. | |
he breathed heavily | |