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 | |
violate |
1. v. To break or disregard (a rule or convention). | |
Drinking-and-driving violates the law. | |
Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol. | |
2. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To rape. | |
something |
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. | |
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what. | |
I have something for you in my bag. | |
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today. | |
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. | |
The performance was something of a disappointment. | |
That child is something of a genius. | |
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. | |
She has a certain something. | |
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way. | |
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice. | |
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing. | |
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. | |
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree. | |
The baby looks something like his father. | |
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree. | |
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. | |
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined. | |
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense). | |
sacred |
1. adj. Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated; made holy. | |
a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service | |
2. adj. Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular | |
3. adj. Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics. | |
4. adj. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable. | |
5. adj. Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. | |
6. adj. (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted | |
7. adj. (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. | |
8. v. simple past tense and past participle of sacre | |
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? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
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. | |
irreverence |
1. n. The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. | |
obloquy |
1. n. Abusive language. | |
2. n. Disgrace. | |
3. n. (archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors. | |
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. | |
contempt |
1. n. The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. | |
2. n. The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace. | |
3. n. (legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. | |
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 | |
desecrate |
1. v. To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something. | |
2. v. To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate. | |
3. v. To change in an inappropriate and destructive way. | |
4. adj. (rare) Desecrated. | |