used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
acresnounUS /ˈeɪkərz/
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
adjacentadjectiveUS /əˈdʒeɪsənt/
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
beesnounUS /biːz/
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
bloomnounUS /bluːm/
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
buckwheatnounUS /ˈbʌkwiːt/
a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
clearestadjectiveUS /ˈklɪrɪst/
superlative of “clear” — readily apparent to the mind
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
countlessadjectiveUS /ˈkaʊntləs/
too numerous to be counted
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading GROWING UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
eider-down
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From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
at any time
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
flower's
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading GROWING UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
honeynounUS /ˈhʌni/
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
inhaledverbUS /ˌɪnˈheɪld/
past form of “inhale” — draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
keenlyadverbUS /ˈkiːnli/
in a keen or penetrating way
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
marginnounUS /ˈmɑːrdʒən/
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
used to form the superlative
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
myriads
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From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
nostrilsnounUS /ˈnɑːstrəlz/
plural of “nostril” — either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
notedadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊtəd/
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
perfumenounUS /pərˈfjuːm/
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
pinenounUS /paɪn/
a coniferous tree
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
purestadjectiveUS /ˈpjʊrəst/
superlative of “pure” — free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
sweetnessnounUS /ˈswiːtnəs/
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GROWING UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Have you stood at its margin and gazed over those acres of soft eider-down?
very small
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
tonedadjectiveUS /toʊnd/
having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading GROWING UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
whiffnounUS /wɪf/
a short light gust of air
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
wine-like
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From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
in the company of; together with
From this reading GROWING UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading Have you noted the wild bees in countless myriads working upon its surface and gathering from each tiny flower's heart that which makes the clearest and purest and most wine-like of all honey?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you ever seen a buckwheat field in bloom?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have your nostrils inhaled the perfume of it all, the heavy sweetness toned keenly with the whiff of pine from the adjacent wood?
