touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
Ah
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From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
(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 For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
breachverbUS /briːtʃ/
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
discoursed
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From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
opinion or judgment
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
floatsnounUS /floʊts/
plural of “float” — the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
floodsnounUS /flʌdz/
plural of “flood” — the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
a state of high honor
From this reading And must my soul his life and glory leave?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And must my soul his life and glory leave?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
latestadjectiveUS /ˈleɪtəst/
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
go away from a place
From this reading And must my soul his life and glory leave?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading And must my soul his life and glory leave?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
engage in
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
moansnounUS /moʊnz/
plural of “moan” — an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And must my soul his life and glory leave?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
nilnounUS /nɪl/
a quantity of no importance
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
restrainverbUS /riˈstreɪn/
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
sea-gods
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From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Ah shall I love your sight, bright shining eyes?
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
not in physical motion
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
tidesnounUS /taɪdz/
plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
traitorousadjectiveUS /ˈtreɪtərəs/
having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
withholdverbUS /wɪθˈhoʊld/
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
From this reading For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why make you breach betwixt my soul and me?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ye traitorous floods, why nil your floats delay Until my latest moans discoursed be?
