Chapter VI

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

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

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

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a framework that supports climbing plants

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

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

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

the organic process of bearing flowers

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

difficult to deal with

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

declare untrue; contradict

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

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

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

to a considerable degree

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

and nothing more

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

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 The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

plural of “magnolia” — dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

most important element

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

plural of “maple” — wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

not any; not one

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

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

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

above and across; more than

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a large and stately mansion

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

a light shade of red

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

precisely, exactly

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

the state of being asleep

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

with low volume

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

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

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

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

From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

bristling with perplexities

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

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

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

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

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

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

From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.

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

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.

a Caucasian

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

marked by repeated turns and bends

From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

a means of flight or ascent

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.