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adv
Pronunciation spelling of too
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
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name
A surname.
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name
Alternative form of Tiu (the god Tyr).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, rare
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noun
Prep work; labour.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Trouble; worry.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Constant work; bustling; worry, excitement.
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noun
Fishing tackle; a rope or chain for towing a boat; a net.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A cord; a string.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To tow along, as a vessel.
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verb
To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
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verb
To beat; to scourge.
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Usage: broadly
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verb
To muddle; to mix up.
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verb
To work at or worry.
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verb
To harangue or argue with.
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verb
To tease; to vex or worry.
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Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To work hard; to strive.
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History
Two possible origins: * English habitational surname from the villages of Great, Little and Duns Tew, in Oxfordshire, all from Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”) or tīwe (“meeting place, court”). * Welsh nickname for a fat man, from Welsh tew (“plump”).
Anglicisation of Old English Tīw from analogy with English Tuesday (Middle English Tewesday).
From Middle English tewen, a variant of tawen (“to taw, prepare”). More at taw.
Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *tewe, *teoȝ, from Old English *tēog (“utensil, tackle, rigging”), from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“gear, utensil”). If so, then cognate with West Frisian túch (“rigging, tackle”), Dutch tuig (“rigging, tackle”), German Zeug (“equipment, stuff”). More at toy.
