used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
alders
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From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
(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 The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
Beardsley
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From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
BrooknounUS /brʊk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
catastrophenounUS /kəˈtæstrəfi/
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
chopverbUS /tʃɑːp/
cut into pieces
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
rid of obstructions
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
crookedadjectiveUS /ˈkrʊkəd/
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
fishingnounUS /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
set up or found
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
haulverbUS /hɔːl/
draw slowly or heavily
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
infiniteadjectiveUS /ˈɪnfənət/
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
immediately past
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
overboardadverbUS /ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
to extremes
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
overgrownadjectiveUS /ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/
covered with growing plants
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
plethoricadjective
excessively abundant
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
Sam'snounUS /sæmz/
possessive form of “sam” — a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
sinkverbUS /sɪŋk/
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
in the near future
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
stemnounUS /stem/
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
up to a particular time
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
wastedadjectiveUS /ˈweɪstɪd/
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading As soon as the catastrophe occurred we halted till the water, here about two feet deep, had become clear.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The next morning we got off at a good hour.
in or at the place that
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here we wasted some time fishing for Sam’s pipe, which had fallen overboard among the alders.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the last half mile of its course we found Beardsley Brook so overgrown with alders that we had to chop and haul our way through it with infinite labor.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The pipe was black, with crooked stem, plethoric in build, and so heavy that we all thought it would sink where it fell.
