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 | |
yawn |
1. v. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. | |
I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them. | |
2. v. To say while yawning. | |
3. v. To present a wide opening. | |
The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck. | |
Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes. | |
4. v. (obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. | |
5. v. (obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning. | |
to yawn for fat livings | |
6. n. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. | |
7. n. (colloquial) A particularly boring event. | |
The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
fat |
1. adj. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin. | |
The fat man had trouble getting through the door. | |
The fattest pig should yield the most meat. | |
2. adj. Thick. | |
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers. | |
3. adj. Bountiful. | |
4. adj. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. | |
6. adj. Fertile; productive. | |
a fat soil; a fat pasture | |
7. adj. Rich; producing a large income; desirable. | |
a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job | |
8. adj. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. | |
9. adj. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc. | |
a fat take; a fat page | |
10. adj. alternative form of phat | |
11. n. A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy. | |
12. n. A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat. | |
13. n. That part of an organization deemed wasteful. | |
We need to trim the fat in this company | |
14. n. (slang) An erection. | |
I saw Daniel crack a fat. | |
15. n. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe) | |
16. n. The best or richest productions; the best part. | |
to live on the fat of the land | |
17. n. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor. | |
18. n. a fat person | |
19. v. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten. | |
kill the fatted calf | |
20. v. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten. | |
21. n. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern. | |
22. n. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels. | |
livings |
1. n. plural of living | |
living |
1. v. present participle of live | |
2. adj. Having life. | |
3. adj. In use or existing. | |
Hunanese is a living language. | |
4. adj. Of everyday life. | |
These living conditions are deplorable. | |
5. adj. True to life. | |
This is the living image of Fidel Castro. | |
6. adj. Used as an intensifier. | |
He almost beat the living daylights out of me. | |
7. n. The state of being alive. | |
8. n. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who are alive. | |
Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living. | |
9. n. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood | |
What do you do for a living? | |
10. n. A style of life. | |
plain living | |
11. n. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice. | |