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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
treat
1. v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
2. v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
3. v. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
4. v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
Only let my family live, I treat thee.
5. v. To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
You treated me like a fool.
She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
6. v. To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
I've done so well this month, I'll treat you all to dinner (or 'Dinner is my treat.)
My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.
(politics) To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
7. v. To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
They treated me for malaria.
8. v. To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.
I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.
9. v. To provide something special and pleasant.
10. n. An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.
11. n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
12. n. A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.
13. n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
14. n. (obsolete) An entreaty.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
opiate
1. adj. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
2. adj. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
3. adj. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.
4. n. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
5. n. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
6. v. To treat with an opiate drug.
drug
1. n. (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.
The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.
2. n. A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
3. n. Anything, such as a substance, emotion or action, to which one is addicted.
4. n. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
5. v. To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
6. v. To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
7. v. (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
8. v. (dialect) simple past tense and past participle of drag
You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.
9. n. (obsolete) A drudge.
drag
1. n. Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.
2. n. (foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
3. n. A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
4. n. (informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
5. n. (slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag.
6. n. (slang) A type of horse-drawn carriage.
7. n. (slang) Street, as in 'main drag'.
8. n. The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
to run a drag
9. n. (snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
10. n. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
11. n. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
a stone drag
12. n. (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
13. n. (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
14. n. (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle w
15. n. Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
16. n. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
17. n. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
18. n. witch house music
19. n. The last position in a line of hikers.
20. n. (aviation, aerodynamics) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
21. v. multiple images
22. v. , direction=vertical
23. v. , width=230
24. v. , image1=Tamil fishermen dragging boat.jpg
25. v. , caption1=Tamil fishermen dragging their boat.
26. v. , image2=Seining for wild fish.jpg
27. v. , caption2=Fishing by dragging a river.
28. v. To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
29. v. (intransitive) To move slowly.
Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.
30. v. To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
31. v. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
32. v. To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
33. v. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
34. v. (computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
Drag the file into the window to open it.
35. v. (chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.
36. v. (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
37. v. To fish with a dragnet.
38. v. To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
39. v. To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
40. v. (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
41. v. (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you.
42. n. (slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
He performed in drag.
43. n. (slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
corporate drag
44. v. To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

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