used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
antlersnounUS /ˈæntlərz/
plural of “antler” — deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
exhale hard
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
the lower side of anything
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
a youthful male person
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
CHET
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From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
Chet's
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From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
full-grownadjective
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
hurledverbUS /hɜːrld/
past form of “hurl” — throw forcefully
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
MOOSEnounUS /muːs/
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called “elk” in Europe and “moose” in North America
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
Phew
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From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
shiververbUS /ˈʃɪvər/
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
tightlyadverbUS /ˈtaɪtli/
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
the upper part of anything
From this reading The big beast below had come up, and struck the tree a blow that made it shiver from top to bottom.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
precisely as stated
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHET AND THE MOOSE "Phew! that was a narrow escape!"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The animal was full-grown, powerful, and with wide and heavy antlers.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Such were Chet's words as he drew himself higher up into the tree.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had he not been holding on tightly the boy would have been hurled down, and at the very feet of the moose.
