used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
Ah
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From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
(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 "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
allottedadjectiveUS /əˈlɑːtɪd/
given as a task
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
BeckonsverbUS /ˈbekənz/
third-person singular of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
broken-hearted
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From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
darklyadverbUS /ˈdɑːrkli/
without light
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
well in the past; former
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
assemble or get together
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
heraldverbUS /ˈherəld/
foreshadow or presage
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
invertedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈvɜːrtɪd/
being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
leadsnounUS /liːdz/
plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
mildestadjectiveUS /ˈmaɪldəst/
superlative of “mild” — moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
shatteredadjectiveUS /ˈʃætərd/
ruined or disrupted
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
strandnounUS /strænd/
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Into the Silent Land!
thickeradjectiveUS /ˈθɪkər/
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
torchnounUS /tɔːrtʃ/
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading "O Land, O Land, For all the broken-hearted, The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand To the land of the great Departed-- Into the Silent Land!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
which person or people
From this reading Ah! who shall lead us thither?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, O thither, Into the Silent Land?
wrecksnounUS /reks/
plural of “wreck” — something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
