used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
blacksmithnounUS /ˈblæksmɪθ/
a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
put or send forth
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
day'snounUS /deɪz/
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
ditchnounUS /dɪtʃ/
a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
let fall to the ground
From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
forgeverbUS /fɔːrdʒ/
create by hammering
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
I'll
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From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
king'snounUS /kɪŋz/
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
take in marriage
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I'll never bring another drop to him."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
pailnounUS /peɪl/
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
potnounUS /pɑːt/
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
cut with a saw
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
a male human offspring
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
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 "Oh, then, to have me bringing water to a smith, and I such a beauty.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The mother had nothing but a pot to get the water in, so off she went with that, and coming to the well saw the beautiful face in the water.
at the time that
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With that she cast the pail in the ditch and ran off to find a king's son to marry.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading When she was not coming with the water, and the blacksmith waiting to wash after his day's work in the forge, he sent the mother.
