used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
barnnounUS /bɑːrn/
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
brewverbUS /bruː/
prepare by brewing
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
Britta
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From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
bucketfuls
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From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
calveverb
release ice
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
cownounUS /kaʊ/
female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
cow-girl
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From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
cowsnounUS /kaʊz/
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
crabbedadjectiveUS /kræbd/
annoyed and irritable
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
the organ of sight
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
humansnounUS /ˈhjuːmənz/
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
LambertnounUS /ˈlæmbərt/
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
held dear
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
engage in
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
mashverbUS /mæʃ/
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
Mårbacka
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
and nothing more
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
parchmentnounUS /ˈpɑːrtʃ.mənt/
A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, used for writing.
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
Paymasternoun
a person in charge of paying wages
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
surlyadjectiveUS /ˈsɜːrli/
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
From this reading In the company of humans she was crabbed and surly, but she loved animals.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
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 Every day she would heat water in the brew house and carry great bucketfuls down to the barn, so that the cows might have warm mash.
which person or people
From this reading THERE was a cow-girl at Mårbacka named Britta Lambert, who had been on the place from the time of the Paymaster of the Regiment.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was little and ugly, with a face like old parchment, and she had only one eye.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If a cow was expected to calve in the night, she would make up a bed in the barn and sleep there.
