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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: to - to-be</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="to"> to, preposition, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>prep. 1. in the direction of; toward. Ex. Go to the right. Stand with your back to the wall. <DD> 2. as far as; until. Ex. wet to the skin, from dawn to dusk, faithful to the end. The apple is rotten to the core. The captain stayed with his ship to the end. <DD> 3. for the purpose of; for use with; for. Ex. a means to an end, a horse bred to the plow. Mother soon came to the rescue. <DD> 4. toward or into the position, condition, or state of. Ex. He went to sleep. <DD> 5. so as to produce, cause, or result in. Ex. To her horror, the beast approached. To my amazement, he jumped. <DD> 6. into. Ex. She tore the letter to pieces. <DD> 7. by. Ex. a fact known to few. <DD> 8. along with; with. Ex. We danced to the music. <DD> 9. compared with. Ex. The score was 9 to 5. <DD> 10. in agreement with. Ex. Going without food is not to my liking. <DD> 11. as seen or understood by. Ex. a symptom alarming to the doctor. To my mind, the situation is not yet hopeless. <DD> 12. belonging with; of. Ex. the key to my room. <DD> 13. in honor of. Ex. The soldiers drank to the king. <DD> 14. on; against. Ex. Fasten it to the wall. <DD> 15. about; concerning. Ex. What did she say to that? <DD> 16. included, contained, or involved in. Ex. four apples to the pound, a book without much to it. <DD> 17. To is used to show action toward. Ex. Give the book to me. Speak to her. <DD> 18. To is used with the infinitive form of verbs. Ex. I like to read. The birds began to sing. To err is human; to forgive ... divine (Alexander Pope). <DD>adv. 1. forward. Ex. You're wearing your cap wrong side to. <DD> 2. together; touching; closed. Ex. The door slammed to. <DD> 3. to action or work. Ex. We turned to gladly. <DD> 4. to consciousness. Ex. She came to. expr. to and fro, first one way and then back again; back and forth. Ex. And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered ... From going to and fro in the earth (Job 1:7). </DL> <A NAME="to"> t.o.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. table of organization. <DD> 2. traditional orthography. <DD> 3. turn over. <DD> 4. turnover. </DL> <A NAME="to"> T/O (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> table of organization. </DL> <A NAME="toad"> toad, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small amphibian without a tail, somewhat like a frog, that lives most of the time on land rather than in water. Toads, which are found in gardens, have a rough, brown skin that suggests a lump of earth. Ex. Toads have shorter legs and are generally more clumsy than frogs (W. Frank Blair). <DD> 2. any tailless amphibian; any frog. <DD> 3. any one of certain other animals, such as the horned toad. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a disgusting or contemptible person or thing. </DL> <A NAME="toadeater"> toadeater, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fawning flatterer; sycophant; toady. </DL> <A NAME="toadeating"> toadeating, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun fawning flattery; sycophancy. <DD>adj. =sycophantic. </DL> <A NAME="toadfish"> toadfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a family of fishes with large, thick heads, wide mouths, and slimy skin without scales, found near the bottom of tropical and temperate oceans. <DD> 2. =puffer (def. 2). </DL> <A NAME="toadflax"> toadflax, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a common weed of the figwort family with yellow-and-orange flowers; butter-and-eggs; flaxweed. <DD> 2. any other plant of the same genus. </DL> <A NAME="toadinthehole"> toad-in-the-hole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a dish consisting of meat baked in batter. </DL> <A NAME="toadspit"> toad spit or spittle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the nymphs of certain insects; cuckoo spit. </DL> <A NAME="toadstone"> toadstone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various stones or stonelike objects once believed to have been formed in the head or body of a toad, formerly worn as jewels or amulets. </DL> <A NAME="toadstool"> toadstool, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of various fungi, especially the agarics, that have a round, disklike top and a slender stalk, and grow on decaying vegetable matter; mushroom. <DD> 2. any poisonous mushroom. <DD> 3. any one of various other fungi, such as a puffball or morel. </DL> <A NAME="toady"> toady, noun, pl. toadies, verb, toadied, toadying.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a fawning flatterer; sycophant. <DD> 2. a humble dependent. <DD>v.i. to be or act like a toady. <DD>v.t. to fawn upon; flatter. </DL> <A NAME="toadyish"> toadyish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a toady. adv. toadyishly. </DL> <A NAME="toadyism"> toadyism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action or behavior of a toady; interested flattery; mean servility. </DL> <A NAME="toandfro"> to-and-fro, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. =back-and-forth. <DD>noun a back-and-forth movement; Ex. She, like some wild creature newly-caged, commenced a to-and-fro (Tennyson). </DL> <A NAME="toast"> toast (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a slice or slices of bread browned by heat. <DD>v.t., v.i. 1. to brown by heat. Ex. We toasted the bread. <DD> 2. to heat thoroughly. Ex. He toasted his feet before the open fire. </DL> <A NAME="toast"> toast (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a person whose health is proposed and drunk. Ex. "The King" was the first toast drunk by the officers. <DD> b. an event, institution, or sentiment in honor of which a group is requested to drink. <DD> 2. a popular or celebrated person, especially a beautiful or socially prominent woman. Ex. The young pianist was the toast of the town. <DD> 3. the act of drinking to the health of a person or thing. <DD> 4. a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing. <DD>v.t. to take a drink and wish good fortune to; drink to the health or in honor of. Ex. The men toasted the general. We toasted Grandfather by lifting our glasses, smiling at him, and drinking a little. <DD>v.i. to drink toasts. </DL> <A NAME="toaster"> toaster (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an electric appliance for toasting, especially bread. <DD> 2. a person who toasts something. </DL> <A NAME="toaster"> toaster (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who proposes or joins in a toast. </DL> <A NAME="toastmaster"> toastmaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the speakers. <DD> 2. a person who proposes toasts. </DL> <A NAME="toastmistress"> toastmistress, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman toastmaster. </DL> <A NAME="toasty"> toasty, adjective, toastier, toastiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or like toast; having a slightly burnt flavor. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) comfortably warm. Ex. a trim hip-length jacket--toasty wool fleece in a very bright plaid--with a snug turtle neck (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="tob"> tob, noun. =tobe.</DL> <A NAME="tob"> Tob.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Tobit. </DL> <A NAME="tobacco"> tobacco, noun, pl. -cos or -coes.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. the prepared leaves of certain plants, used for smoking or chewing or as snuff. <DD> b. one of these plants. Tobacco is native to tropical America and is now widely grown in many parts of the world. It belongs to the nightshade family. <DD> 2. things made from or containing these leaves, such as cigars and cigarettes. Ex. That shop sells all kinds of tobacco. <DD> 3. the smoking of a pipe, cigars, or cigarettes, or the chewing of tobacco leaves. Ex. He gave up tobacco for the sake of his children. </DL> <A NAME="tobaccoheart"> tobacco heart,<DL COMPACT><DD> a heart disorder characterized by a rapid or irregular pulse, caused by excessive use of tobacco. </DL> <A NAME="tobaccohornworm"> tobacco hornworm. =tobacco worm.</DL> <A NAME="tobaccoman"> tobaccoman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> a man engaged in the business of producing or selling tobacco. </DL> <A NAME="tobaccomosaic"> tobacco mosaic,<DL COMPACT><DD> a mosaic disease of the tobacco plant, caused by a virus which attacks the leaves, producing spots, curling, and shrinking. </DL> <A NAME="tobaccomosaicvirus"> tobacco mosaic virus,<DL COMPACT><DD> the virus that causes tobacco mosaic, a disease of the tobacco plant. (Abbr:) TMV (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="tobacconist"> tobacconist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a dealer in tobacco. <DD> 2. the business of such a person. </DL> <A NAME="tobaccoroad"> Tobacco Road or tobacco road,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a rundown, depressed rural area, especially in the Southern United States where poor whites live. Ex. Her childhood was spent ... in dreary sawmill towns at the dead ends of Tobacco Road (Time). </DL> <A NAME="tobaccoworm"> tobacco worm,<DL COMPACT><DD> the large, green caterpillar of either of two species of hawk moths, having white markings and a hornlike process near the end of the body. It feeds on tobacco, tomato, and related plants. </DL> <A NAME="tobagonian"> Tobagonian, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Tobago, an island in the West Indies. </DL> <A NAME="tobe"> to-be, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that is yet to be or to come; future. Ex. to-be biologists. A wide selection of articles for the mother-to-be. </DL> <A NAME="tobe"> tobe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a length of cotton cloth worn as an outer garment by natives of northern and central Africa. Also, tob, thob. </DL> <A HREF="tobias.dic">NEXT</A>