Chapter XXVI

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From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

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

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

-ing form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

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

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

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

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

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

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

the verbal act of requesting

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

A line that marks the limits of an area.

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

plural of “bouquet” — an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

make by combining materials and parts

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

plural of “bunch” — a grouping of a number of similar things

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

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

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

planned and made or fashioned artistically

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

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

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

(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 Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

the act of retaining something

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

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

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

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

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

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 These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

used to form the superlative

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

in the open air

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

located, suited for, or taking place in the open air

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

fully extended especially in length

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

above your head; in the sky

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

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

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

plural of “playhouse” — plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

a full supply

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

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

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

chosen in preference to another

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “strip” — a relatively long narrow piece of something

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

carry out

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

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

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

bound or secured closely

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

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

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

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 These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “twig” — a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

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

From this reading Large green palm-leaves grow close to the ground and point their slender fingers out in many directions as though holding up their outstretched hands, asking the girls and boys to come and take them.

under normal conditions

From this reading Four trees growing near together are usually selected as the boundary lines of the Florida Playhouse, their branches overhead serving as a roof.

plural of “vine” — a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

From this reading These palms, together with small, full-leaved live-oak twigs, Cherokee roses, trailing vines, and long gray moss, are fashioned into bouquets and tied in great bunches to the trees with strings made of strips of palms.

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading The walls are open, allowing a free passage of air and plenty of light (Fig. 502).

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

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.

in the company of; together with

From this reading OPEN-AIR PLAYHOUSES IN many places in the South the children have most beautiful material with which to build out-of-door playhouses.