used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
AFFECTIONSnounUS /əˈfekʃənz/
plural of “affection” — a positive feeling of liking
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
anemones
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From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
can't
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From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
cricketnounUS /ˈkrɪkət/
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
without deviation
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
Eric
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From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
the act of departing
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
HYMNnounUS /hɪm/
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
From this reading SCHOOL HYMN.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
mildadjectiveUS /maɪld/
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
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, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
possession of controlling influence
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
an educational institution
From this reading SCHOOL HYMN.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
strolledverbUS /stroʊld/
past form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOME AFFECTIONS “Keep the spell of home affection.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
up to a particular time
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
Vernon
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
Verny
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “O, I can’t come now, Verny; I am going out to play cricket with some fellows directly.”
WilliamsnounUS /ˈwɪljəmz/
United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Still alive in every heart; May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till thy children Feel that thou their Father art.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I have caught such a lot of pretty sea anemones, Eric,” said little Vernon Williams, as his brother strolled in after morning school; “I wish you would come and look at them.”
