I
adv. ( colloq. )
remaining in one place
to stay ~
II
v.
1) ( B ) ('to pose') to ~ a question to smb.
2) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ before (to ~ a proposal before a committee)
3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ in; into (to ~ milk in/into the refrigerator; to ~ new equipment into service; to ~ a criminal in prison; to ~ money in/into circulation; to ~ a plan into operation; to ~ one's affairs in order; to ~ a theory into practice; to ~ wood into a stove; to ~ sugar in/into tea; to ~ a car into a garage; to ~ words into smb.'s mouth; to ~ one's faith in smb.; ~ yourself in my place)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to move') to ~ into (the ship ~ into port)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to express') to ~ into (to ~ one's feelings into words)
6) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ on (to ~ books on a table; to ~ a stamp on a letter; to ~ smb.'s name on a list; the doctor ~ the patient on a diet)
7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to bet') to ~ on (to ~ money on a horse)
8) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ out of (to ~ an enemy tank out of action)
9) ( d ; tr. ) ('to assign') to ~ to (we ~ them all to work)
10) ( d ; tr. ) ('to place') to ~ to (she ~ her fingers to her lips)
11) ( d ; tr. ) ('to set') to ~ to (to ~ words to music)
12) ( L ; to) ('to suggest') I ~ it to them that the plan should be revised
13) ( P ; tr. ) ('to place') ~ your shoes near the door; ~ the skis next to the fire; ~ the children to bed; ~ your things under the bed
14) ( misc. ) to ~ a question to a vote; to ~ smb. to shame; to ~ smb. under arrest; to ~ smb. to great expense; to ~ smb. through one's paces ('to subject smb. to a test of skill'); to ~ oneself in smb.'s place; the ship ~ out to sea