(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
cannyadjectiveUS /ˈkæni/
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
chokedadjectiveUS /tʃoʊkt/
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
chucklesnounUS /ˈtʃʌkəlz/
plural of “chuckle” — a soft partly suppressed laugh
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh, do come away, Mark!
cousin'snounUS /ˈkʌzənz/
possessive form of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
DeannounUS /diːn/
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
dimly-seen
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From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Oh, do come away, Mark!
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
excitedlyadverbUS /ɪkˈsaɪtədli/
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
grippingadjectiveUS /ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
growthnounUS /ɡroʊθ/
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
harshadjectiveUS /hɑːrʃ/
unpleasantly stern
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
isn't
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From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
literallyadverbUS /ˈlɪtərəli/
in a literal sense
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading "Oh, do come away, Mark!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
not any; not one
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
and nothing more
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
painfullyadverbUS /ˈpeɪnfəli/
unpleasantly
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
rattlingnounUS /ˈrætlɪŋ/
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
express in words
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
ScotchnounUS /skɑːtʃ/
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Dean aloud, and then turning sharply he caught excitedly at his cousin's arm, gripping it almost painfully, and dragged at him to hurry him away.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
unearthlyadjectiveUS /əˈnɜːrθli/
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading There must be something watching us--something no canny, as the Scotch people call it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading This isn't the passage we came to that day with uncle and the doctor.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, I say," he whispered, for his laugh had turned into an almost unearthly burst of harsh chuckles and cries which went literally rattling away down the dark passage nearly choked with thick growth and only dimly-seen.
