(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you do not ~ to do something or if you do not ~ with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
Lots of people don’t ~ to go through a marriage ceremony these days...
Most of the papers didn’t even ~ reporting it...
Nothing I do makes any difference anyway, so why ~?
...and he does not ~ with a helmet either.
VERB: with brd-neg, V to-inf, V -ing, V, V with/about n
2.
Bother means trouble or difficulty. You can also use ~ to refer to an activity which causes this, especially when you would prefer not to do it or get involved with it.
I usually buy sliced bread–it’s less ~...
Most men hate the ~ of shaving.
= trouble
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
3.
If something ~s you, or if you ~ about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.
Is something ~ing you?...
That kind of jealousy doesn’t ~ me...
It ~ed me that boys weren’t interested in me...
Never ~ about people’s opinions.
VERB: V n, V n, it V n that/wh, V about n, also it V n to-inf
~ed
I was ~ed about the blister on my hand...
I’m not ~ed if he has another child.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
4.
If someone ~s you, they talk to you when you want to be left alone or interrupt you when you are busy.
We are playing a trick on a man who keeps ~ing me...
I don’t know why he ~s me with this kind of rubbish.
VERB: V n, V n with/about n
5.
If you say that you can’t be ~ed to do something, you mean that you are not going to do it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
I just can’t be ~ed to look after the house...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to-inf
6.
hot and ~ed: see hot