to want someone or something very much:

to provide what is wanted or needed by someone or something:

to make plans in order to deal with a possible event in the future:

to explain the reason for something or the cause of something:

If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it:

If you have something on, you have planned to do it:

to not take or use too much of something:

to go in the direction of a place or thing:

to avoid doing something that is unpleasant or difficult:

If something is waiting for you, it has been left or prepared for you to collect, use, enjoy, or deal with when you arrive:

to not tell someone about something:

to compete for a position in a sports team or a part in a play:

to form the total of something:

to steal something:

to begin to do something:

to manage without having something:

in the game of cricket, to make someone have to leave the cricket field by hitting the wicket (= three vertical sticks) behind them with the ball

to escape from something or someone following you:

to make a person or place clean and tidy:

to become more active, or to make someone or something become more active: