used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
(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 When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAMMA AND "LITTLE ME."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
in a state of sleep
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
cradlenounUS /ˈkreɪdəl/
a baby bed with sides and rockers
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
dearly loved
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
DottyadjectiveUS /ˈdɑːti/
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
drumnounUS /drʌm/
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
opinion or judgment
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
feverishadjectiveUS /ˈfiːvərɪʃ/
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
GrandmanounUS /ˈɡrændmɑː/
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
go away from a place
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading MAMMA AND "LITTLE ME."
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 "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
informal terms for a mother
From this reading MAMMA AND "LITTLE ME."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MAMMA AND "LITTLE ME."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
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 "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
panoramanounUS /ˌpænərˈæmə/
the visual percept of a region
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
passengersnounUS /ˈpæsəndʒərz/
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
poundingnounUS /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/
repeated heavy blows
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
rockingverbUS /ˈrɑːkɪŋ/
-ing form of “rock” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Grandma had said it was best to leave her alone, in the hope that she might fall asleep.
tumnoun
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
tummynounUS /ˈtʌmi/
slang for a paunch
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
wakefuladjective
carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "O, dear!" thought Dotty, as she lay through the long afternoon, wakeful and feverish, "I should think there was a drum inside o' my head, and somebody was pounding on it,--tummy, tum, tum."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
at the time that
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When she shut her eyes, she could see a little red boat rocking on the water like a cradle; then a great wave would dash against it, and turn it over, with all its passengers.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the sleep would not come, though dreams did, one after another, like pictures in a panorama.
