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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
feed
1. v. To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Feed the dog every evening.
2. v. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
3. v. To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Feed the fish to the dolphins.
4. v. To give to a machine to be processed.
Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
We got interesting results after feeding the computer with the new data.
5. v. (figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
6. v. To supply with something.
Springs feed ponds with water.
7. v. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
8. v. (sports) To pass to.
9. v. (phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
Nasalization feeds raising.
10. v. (syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
11. n. Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
12. n. Something supplied continuously.
a satellite feed
13. n. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
the paper feed of a printer
14. n. A gathering to eat, especially in quantity
They held a crab feed on the beach.
15. n. (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.
16. v. simple past tense and past participle of fee
fee
1. n. (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
2. n. (legal) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
3. n. (legal) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).
4. n. (obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.
5. n. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
6. n. (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
7. n. A monetary payment charged for professional services.
8. v. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
pigs
1. n. plural of pig
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pig
pig
1. n. Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.
The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from carrots to cabbage.
2. n. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
3. n. The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
4. n. Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
5. n. A lecherous or sexist man.
She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
6. n. A dirty or slovenly person.
He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
7. n. (now chiefly US UK Australia derogatory slang) A police officer.
The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
8. n. (informal) A difficult problem.
Hrm... this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
9. n. A block of cast metal.
The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
After the ill-advised trade, the investor was stuck with worthless options for 10,000 tons of iron pig.
10. n. The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
11. n. (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their
Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.
12. n. (derogatory) A person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal).
13. n. (US, military slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
Unfortunately, the M60 is about twenty-four pounds and is very unbalanced. You try carrying the pig around the jungle and see how you feel.
14. n. A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
15. v. (of swine) to give birth.
The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
16. v. (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
17. v. (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
18. v. (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
19. n. (Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard
20. n. An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

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