used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
ballastnounUS /ˈbæləst/
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
baredadjectiveUS /berd/
having the head uncovered
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
barrelsnounUS /ˈbærəlz/
the amount that many barrels might hold
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
cargonounUS /ˈkɑːrɡoʊ/
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
channelnounUS /ˈtʃænəl/
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
CovenounUS /koʊv/
a small inlet
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
deceivernoun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
From this reading Fog is a terrible deceiver.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
denseadjectiveUS /dens/
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
diagonaladjectiveUS /daɪˈæɡənəl/
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
divisible by two
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
fire-wood
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From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
Flower's
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From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
fognounUS /fɑːɡ/
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
geesenounUS /ɡiːs/
plural of “goose” — web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
Greenley
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From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
high-piled
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From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
honkingverbUS /ˈhɔːŋkɪŋ/
-ing form of “honk” — make a loud noise
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fog is a terrible deceiver.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
narrowestadjectiveUS /ˈneroʊəst/
superlative of “narrow” — not wide
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
not any; not one
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
OnionnounUS /ˈʌnjən/
the bulb of an onion plant
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
transport commercially
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
straitsnounUS /streɪts/
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Fog is a terrible deceiver.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
top-heavyadjective
unstable by being overloaded at the top
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
unsavoryadjectiveUS /ənˈseɪvəri/
morally offensive
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading As we stood out into the middle of the channel, I thought of the great boats that must feel their way through the dense fog in evil weather.
whale-meat
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From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That she was top-heavy was plainly to be seen, with her barrels of whale-meat and her high-piled fire-wood on deck, and almost no ballast or cargo below.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They would have to be honking like wild geese, even though the straits at their narrowest between Flower's Cove and Greenley Island are ten miles wide.
yeastyadjective
of or resembling or containing yeast
From this reading Meanwhile the little ship had turned her head away from the unsavory Onion, and was running on, over a long diagonal, to cross the straits in the bared teeth of the green and yeasty waves.
