used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
(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 Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
beesnounUS /biːz/
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
bitsnounUS /bɪts/
plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
citiesnounUS /ˈsɪtiz/
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
classesnounUS /ˈklæsəz/
plural of “class” — a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
cleaners-up
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From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
combsnounUS /koʊmz/
plural of “comb” — a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
elephant-like
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From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
entersverbUS /ˈentərz/
third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
fanners
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From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
foragers
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From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
gravelnounUS /ˈɡrævəl/
rock fragments and pebbles
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
guardsnounUS /ɡɑːrdz/
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
hivenounUS /haɪv/
a teeming multitude
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
an occurrence of something
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
mousenounUS /maʊs/
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
pokeverbUS /poʊk/
poke or thrust abruptly
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
scavengersnounUS /ˈskævəndʒərz/
plural of “scavenger” — a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
snailnounUS /sneɪl/
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
spotlesslyadverb
in a spotless manner
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Sometimes a mouse or a snail enters the hive, and then indeed there is great excitement.
in or at that place or location
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
twigsnounUS /twɪɡz/
plural of “twig” — a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
From this reading Little twigs, dead leaves, and bits of gravel are all removed by these bees.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
at the time that
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
belonging to which person
From this reading There are, for instance, the scavengers and cleaners-up, whose duty it is to keep the city and the combs spotlessly clean.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
WORKERSnounUS /ˈwɜːrkərz/
plural of “worker” — a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading WORKERS IN THE CITY Besides the fanners, the foragers, and the guards, there are other classes of bees at work in the hive.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Imagine a great elephant-like creature, thirty or forty feet high, with a tail thirty feet long, to come walking into one of our cities, and you will have some idea what it seems like to the bees when a mouse is foolish enough to poke its head into the hive!
