Chapter IV

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

have

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

plural of “cartridge” — ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

travel across or pass over

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

coming down freely under the influence of gravity

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

opinion or judgment

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

to a faint degree or weakly perceived

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

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

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

easy to reach

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

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

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

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

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a small worthless amount

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

and nothing more

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

immediately past

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a form of address for a man

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

accomplished rapidly and without delay

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading When he opened his eyes, he seemed to have the seat all to himself.

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

in the near future

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

having a supporting base

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

in or at that place or location

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

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

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

in an exhaustive manner

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

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

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

precisely as stated

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

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

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

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

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

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

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

at the time that

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?

during the time that

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

beat severely with a whip or rod

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

possessive form of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

From this reading His Uncle Will's head was down between his knees, and he was feeling under the waggon-seat, while Hugh was half standing up and putting the whip on the horses.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading Get it out quick then, there's a bear coming down from that bluff, and he's liable to cross the road a half mile beyond here; I'll run the horses and we may get there as soon as he does; he can't hear nor smell us in this wind."

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading The last part of this sentence sounded very loud to Jack, for the word, bear, had thoroughly waked him up.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading A GRIZZLY KILLED Jack was just dropping off to sleep when he heard, very faintly, Hugh's voice, saying, "Got your gun handy, Mr. Sturgis, and some cartridges?