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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
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.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
shirt
1. n. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
2. n. An interior lining in a blast furnace.
3. n. A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.
4. v. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.
bosom
1. n. (anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
2. n. The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
3. n. The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
4. n. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
5. n. (in the plural) A woman's breasts.
6. n. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
7. n. A depression round the eye of a millstone.
8. adj. In a very close relationship.
bosom buddies
9. v. To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
10. v. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
11. v. (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
12. v. To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.

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