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2 [to inf] You use to before the base form of a verb to indicate the purpose or intention of an action. □  …using the experience of big companies to help small businesses. □  He was doing this to make me more relaxed.

3to order → see order ➋

4 [to inf] You use to before the base form of a verb when you are commenting on a statement that you are making, for example when saying that you are being honest or brief, or that you are summing up or giving an example. □  I'm disappointed, to be honest. □  Well, to sum up, what is the message that you are trying to get across?

5 [to inf] You use to before the base form of a verb when indicating what situation follows a particular action. □  From the garden you walk down to discover a large and beautiful lake. □  He awoke to find Charlie standing near the bed.

6 You use to with 'too' and 'enough' in expressions like too much to and old enough to . □  At last he was old enough to drive.

toad /toʊ d/ (toads ) N‑COUNT A toad is a creature which is similar to a frog but which has a drier skin and spends less time in water.

toad|stool /toʊ dstuːl/ (toadstools ) N‑COUNT A toadstool is a fungus that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.

toady /toʊ di/ (toadies , toadying , toadied )

1 N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a toady , you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. [DISAPPROVAL ]

2 VERB If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + to ] They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him. [Also V ]

toast /toʊ st/ (toasts , toasting , toasted )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. □  …a piece of toast.

2 VERB When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp. □ [V n] Toast the bread lightly on both sides. □ [V -ed] …a toasted sandwich.

3 N‑COUNT When you drink a toast to someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success. □ [+ to ] The host drank a toast to each guest in turn.

4 VERB When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them. □ [V n] Party officials and generals toasted his health.

5 N‑SING If someone is the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well. □ [+ of ] She was the toast of Paris.

toast|er /toʊ stə ^r / (toasters ) N‑COUNT A toaster is a piece of electrical equipment used to toast bread.

toastie /toʊ sti/ (toasties ) N‑COUNT A toastie is a toasted sandwich. [BRIT ]

toast|master /toʊ stmɑːstə ^r , -mæs-/ (toastmasters ) N‑COUNT At a special ceremony or formal dinner, the toastmaster is the person who proposes toasts and introduces the speakers.

toa st rack (toast racks ) N‑COUNT A toast rack is an object that is designed to hold pieces of toast in an upright position and separate from each other, ready for people to eat.

toasty /toʊ sti/ (toastier , toastiest ) ADJ If something is toasty , it is comfortably warm. [INFORMAL ] □  The room was toasty. The sun was streaming through the windows.

to|bac|co /təbæ koʊ/ (tobaccos )

1 N‑VAR Tobacco is dried leaves which people smoke in pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. You can also refer to pipes, cigars, and cigarettes as a whole as tobacco . □  Try to do without tobacco and alcohol.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Tobacco is the plant from which tobacco is obtained.

to|bac|co|nist /təbæ kən I st/ (tobacconists ) N‑COUNT A tobacconist or a tobacconist's is a shop that sells things such as tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars.