used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
anew
From this reading Save to the lonely dreams of a child, "Return again, come!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
a young person of either sex
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Save to the lonely dreams of a child, "Return again, come!"
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
dumbadjectiveUS /dʌm/
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
opinion or judgment
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
fadeverbUS /feɪd/
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
fadesnounUS /feɪdz/
plural of “fade” — a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
FAITHLESSadjective
having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
lampsnounUS /læmps/
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
provided with artificial light
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Save to the lonely dreams of a child, "Return again, come!"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
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 DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
on one occasion
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Save to the lonely dreams of a child, "Return again, come!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
except for; apart from
From this reading Save to the lonely dreams of a child, "Return again, come!"
express in words
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
shadowyadjectiveUS /ˈʃædoʊi/
filled with shade
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
shallowadjectiveUS /ˈʃæloʊ/
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
in the near future
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
starryadjectiveUS /ˈstɑːriː/
abounding with or resembling stars
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
not in physical motion
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
urgeverbUS /ɜːrdʒ/
force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
the words that are spoken
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading What can a tired heart say, Which the wise of the world have made dumb?
but in spite of that
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FAITHLESS The words you said grow faint; The lamps you lit burn dim; Yet, still be near your faithless friend To urge and counsel him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DREAMS Be gentle, O hands of a child; Be true: like a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night Are your eyes to me.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading But words are shallow, and soon Dreams fade that the heart once knew; And youth fades out in the mind, In the dark eyes too.
