Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

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 Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

(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 ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

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

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

in addition

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

in a beautiful manner

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

plural of “boulder” — a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

placed in a grave

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

plural of “cherry” — wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

a person who is markedly small

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

lying toward or situated in the east

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

set up or found

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

an alert and refreshed state

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

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

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

in a grotesque manner

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

(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 Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

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

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

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From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

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

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

a case for containing a set of articles

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

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

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

produced or growing in extreme abundance

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

any long object resembling a thin line

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

to an ample degree or in an ample manner

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

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

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

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

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

-ing form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

marked or decorated with stripes

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

plural of “sunflower” — any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

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

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

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

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

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 The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

(used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

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

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

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

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

green foliage

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

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

From this reading ALL SANDY'S FAULT Everything was so different from the Connecticut verdure and underbrush.

(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

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

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

tanned and coarsened from being outdoors

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

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

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

in a fanciful manner

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.

a Caucasian

From this reading The beach was level and rockless, different entirely from the Eastern Atlantic shores, but the sand was beautifully white and fine, and there were great weather-beaten, wave-washed boulders lying half buried in the sand, also trunks of trees, their roots uprearing grotesquely like strange heads of animals.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Tall sword grass waved almost like Cousin Roxy's striped ribbon grass in the home garden, and wild sunflowers showed like golden glow here and there.

plural of “willow” — any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

From this reading Instead of the thick, lush growth which came from richly watered black loam, here one found sand cherries and little dwarf willows and beeches springing up from the sand.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Kit thought whimsically how the Dean might have added them with profit to his prehistoric collection.