170,000
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From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
commercenounUS /ˈkɑːmərs/
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
From this reading Its commerce was enormous.
continent'snounUS /ˈkɑːntənənts/
possessive form of “continent” — one of the large landmasses of the earth
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
cottonnounUS /ˈkɑːtən/
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading Its commerce was enormous.
entrepotnoun
a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
fouladjectiveUS /faʊl/
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
the quality of being humane
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
made greater in size or amount or degree
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
industriesnounUS /ˈɪndəstriz/
plural of “industry” — the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its commerce was enormous.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
loadnounUS /loʊd/
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
lowlandsnounUS /ˈloʊlændz/
the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
MississippinounUS /ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
OrleansnounUS /ˈɔːrliənz/
a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
move hurridly
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
steamersnounUS /ˈstiːmərz/
plural of “steamer” — a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
sugarnounUS /ˈʃʊɡər/
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the great entrepot of the continent's sugar and cotton industries.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading New Orleans had grown to be a city of 170,000 people.
unloadverbUS /ənˈloʊd/
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its commerce was enormous.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
wharves
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From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
a Caucasian
From this reading Day by day I stood on the wharves, watching the steamers unload and load, gazing over the busy mass of humanity back of which was labor, black and white, slave and free!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The great Mississippi, broad and foul, waking from its sleep in the lowlands above, gathering speed here, feeling the call of the sea, begins to move with increased life.
