(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something ~s people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
The Cardiff Bay project is ~ing many visitors...
Warm weather has ~ed the flat fish close to shore...
VERB: V n, V n adv/prep
2.
If someone or something ~s you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them. If a particular quality ~s you to a person or thing, it is the reason why you like them.
He wasn’t sure he’d got it right, although the theory ~ed him by its logic...
More people would be ~ed to cycling if conditions were right.
VERB: V n, V n to n
3.
If you are ~ed to someone, you are interested in them sexually.
In spite of her hostility, she was ~ed to him...
VERB: be V-ed to n
~ed
He was nice looking, but I wasn’t deeply ~ed to him...
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n
4.
If something ~s support, publicity, or money, it receives support, publicity, or money.
President Mwinyi said his country would also like to ~ investment from private companies...
VERB: V n
5.
If one object ~s another object, it causes the second object to move towards it.
Anything with strong gravity ~s other things to it.
VERB: V n to n, also V n
6.
to ~ someone’s attention: see attention