Chapter X · Chapter 10

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading CATTLE RANCHING AND STOCKRIDING.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

young bull

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading CATTLE RANCHING AND STOCKRIDING.

industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

reduced in size or pulled together

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

(of information) make known; pass on

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

possessing or exerting or displaying energy

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

a boy or man

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

at an earlier time or formerly

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

the act of applying force in order to move something away

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

From this reading CATTLE RANCHING AND STOCKRIDING.

tending to return to an earlier state

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

possessive form of “smith” — Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a male human offspring

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CATTLE RANCHING AND STOCKRIDING.

plural of “store” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

plural of “team” — a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

during the time that

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading My first day's experience of driving wild cattle was in his company.

in the company of; together with

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

From this reading He settled on the Ashburton and set up business as a carter, investing his money in a couple of drays and bullock teams, with which he contracted to convey wool from the stations to Christchurch, returning with stores, etc., and sometimes carting timber from the forest and such like.

a late time of life

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading While I stayed at Smith's Station, we made acquaintance with a young man, by name Hudson, a son of the famous Railway King.

the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

From this reading He had come to New Zealand a few years previously with slender means and was a pushing, energetic fellow.