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From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
berriesnounUS /ˈberiz/
plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
ciliatanoun
class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
Conant's
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From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
cuckoonounUS /ˈkʌkuː/
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
divisible by two
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading The oven-bird helps fill some pauses.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
guiltnounUS /ɡɪlt/
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
heart-leaved
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From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
helpsnounUS /helps/
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading The oven-bird helps fill some pauses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
incessantlyadverbUS /ˌɪnˈsesəntli/
with unflagging resolve
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
loosestrifenounUS /ˈluːsstraɪf/
any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
Lysimachianoun
loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
being perceived or observed
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
oven-bird
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From this reading The oven-bird helps fill some pauses.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
pausesnounUS /ˈpɔːzəz/
plural of “pause” — a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading The oven-bird helps fill some pauses.
peweenoun
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
poisonverbUS /ˈpɔɪzən/
spoil as if by poison
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
red-eyed
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From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
remindsverbUS /riˈmaɪndz/
third-person singular of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The heart-leaved loosestrife (_Lysimachia ciliata_) is seen in low open woods.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
singsverbUS /sɪŋz/
third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
sumachnoun
a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading The poison sumach shows its green berries, now unconscious of guilt.
vireonoun
any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
From this reading The vireo (red-eyed?) sings like a robin at even, incessantly,—for I have now turned into Conant’s woods.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Now, at 4 P. M., I hear the pewee in the woods, and the cuckoo reminds me of some silence among the birds I had not noticed.
