英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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See under Compound, v. t.
To-
(prep.)
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of
compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See
these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under
All, adv.
To-beat
(v. t.)
To beat thoroughly or severely.
To-break
(v. t.)
To break completely; to break in pieces.
To-brest
(v. t.)
To burst or break in pieces.
To-day
(prep.)
On this day; on the present day.
To-day
(n.)
The present day.
To-do
(n.)
Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
To-fall
(n.)
A lean-to. See Lean-to.
To-name
(n.)
A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's
surname, or used instead of it.
To-rend
(v. t.)
To rend in pieces.
To-rent
(imp. & p. p.)
of To-rend
Toad
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the
genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae.
Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the
breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow
beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at
night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that
secrete an acrid fluid.
Toadeater
(n.)
A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a
flatterer; a toady.
Toadfish
(n.)
Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large,
thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad.
The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water.
Called also oyster fish, and sapo.
Toadfish
(n.)
The angler.
Toadfish
(n.)
A swellfish.
Toadflax
(n.)
An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having
narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also
butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
Toadhead
(n.)
The golden plover.
Toadied
(imp. & p. p.)
of Toady