on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
anew
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
in a state of sleep
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
CapenounUS /keɪp/
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
cheatedverbUS /ˈtʃiːtəd/
past form of “cheat” — deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
cheeringnounUS /ˈtʃɪrɪŋ/
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
traveling across
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
didn't
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
FIRSTadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
greetingnounUS /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
hatsnounUS /hæts/
plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
come together
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
MelvillenounUS /ˈmelvɪl/
United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
the force of workers available
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
Morrissey
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
NARWHALnoun
small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
RasmussennounUS /ˈræsməsən/
Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
cut with a saw
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
Thulenoun
a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Coming up, on the other side of Melville Bay, I got entirely cheated out of one stop.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was very early morning and I was sound asleep and they didn’t wake me.
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading As the boats came out to meet the Morrissey the men waved their hats in greeting.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
at the time that
From this reading But when they came near and saw that Rasmussen was aboard they started shouting and cheering.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading OUR FIRST NARWHAL After crossing Melville Bay again for the third time, and without stopping at Cape York, we arrived in Thule.
