used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
availverbUS /əˈveɪl/
use to one's advantage
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
the act of breaking something
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
choosesverbUS /ˈtʃuːzəz/
third-person singular of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
descendverbUS /dɪˈsend/
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading You would not descend to woman's purest prerogative?...
descentnounUS /dɪˈsent/
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading "Oh, what a world, and what a fool!"
for a limitless time
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
the force of workers available
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
information about recent and important events
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You would not descend to woman's purest prerogative?...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, what a world, and what a fool!"
prerogativenounUS /prɪˈrɑːɡətɪv/
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
From this reading You would not descend to woman's purest prerogative?...
purestadjectiveUS /ˈpjʊrəst/
superlative of “pure” — free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading You would not descend to woman's purest prerogative?...
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
shudderedverbUS /ˈʃʌdərd/
past form of “shudder” — shake, as from cold
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
spidernounUS /ˈspaɪdər/
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
studionounUS /ˈstuːdioʊ/
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She shuddered at such a descent.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, what a world, and what a fool!"
at the time that
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
woman'snounUS /ˈwʊmənz/
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading You would not descend to woman's purest prerogative?...
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Greater women than you shall come, and they shall avail themselves of that, and their children shall be great in the land...."
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
yellow-brownadjective
of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Would you go back and be the waiting spider forever in the yellow-brown studio, breaking your heart in the little room when some woman chooses to bring you news of men and the world?
