Crossword clues for come to
come to
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To recover consciousness after fainting etc. 2 (context intransitive idiomatic nautical English) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also (term: come about). 3 (context transitive English) To total; to amount to. 4 (context transitive English) To reach; to arrive at.
WordNet
v. cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: hit, strike]
have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, bear on, touch, touch on]
attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" [syn: strike]
return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: revive, resuscitate]
Usage examples of "come to".
He moved with soundless tread to the bed and placed the candle on the nightstand where it would spread its glow over the one he had come to see.
A long sigh slipped from him, and he shook his head, thinking of how close he had come to using force.
He glanced around, and for a moment, he thought he was imagining the vision that had come to stand in the doorway.
I have come to offer myself so you can no longer mistake what I have to give you.
Ashton turned to speak to Hickory, who had come to stand near the end of the porch.
She studied him against the brightening firelight, crushingly aware of how quickly she had come to desire him.
She left the room and climbed the stairs, feeling as if her whole world had come to an end.
Though she struggled, the brilliant, clarifying phrases failed to come to mind, much less flow from pen to paper.
Lenore from her musing and brought her flying to the french doors just in time to see the carriage careen up the drive and come to a skidding halt in front of the house.
He had come to show his colors boldly and make it known to all that he wanted her, that he would not give up the battle so easily.
She seemed cool and serene, like the snow queen he had come to think of her as.
Lenore was tempted to retort that she might have been feeling a lot worse if Ashton had not come to her defense that morning.
Instead, she had to endure the craving lusts and hope in time that she could come to accept Malcolm as easily as she had accepted Ashton.
Whether she was Lierin or Lenore, she had come to him as a married woman.
She wanted him near, and she was sure he would have come to her had she yielded to her desire and beckoned him.