used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY W. O. STODDARD.
covenounUS /koʊv/
a small inlet
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
creamnounUS /kriːm/
the best people or things in a group
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
DrakenounUS /dreɪk/
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
Drake's
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From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
and nothing more
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
NAVYnounUS /ˈneɪvi/
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
From this reading ROB'S NAVY.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading BY W. O. STODDARD.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
panverbUS /pæn/
make a sweeping movement
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
residencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
RobverbUS /rɑːb/
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
ROB'S
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From this reading ROB'S NAVY.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
transport commercially
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
shovedverbUS /ʃʌvd/
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
Staten
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From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
STODDARD
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From this reading BY W. O. STODDARD.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
tippedadjectiveUS /tɪpt/
having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination)
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing in the shape of a ship ought to have tipped over in such water as that.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading BY W. O. STODDARD.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So Rob Drake had thought, but every time he shoved his new ship away from the flat rock at the head of the cove, over she went.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on.
