used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
confined by bonds
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
clungverbUS /klʌŋ/
inflected form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
elbownounUS /ˈelboʊ/
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I have good news.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have good news.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
jettingadjectiveUS /ˈdʒetɪŋ/
propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
MarylandnounUS /ˈmerələnd/
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
neighborhoodnounUS /ˈneɪbərhʊd/
a surrounding or nearby region
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
information about recent and important events
From this reading “I have good news.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
prownounUS /praʊ/
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
railnounUS /reɪl/
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
rainedverbUS /reɪnd/
past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
rattleverbUS /ˈrætəl/
make short successive sounds
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading I clung to the rail with both my hands and my heart rose higher with every bound of the ship.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
transport commercially
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
slantverbUS /slænt/
lie obliquely
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
Tew
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From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
to-day
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From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
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 The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The stiff wind caught up the jetting water from the prow of our ship and rained it down upon the slant of the waves with a rattle like sand falling upon the deck.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading We made a quick sail from Maryland to the neighborhood of New York and drew near Long Island on a bright day in August.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You look merry to-day,” cried Captain Tew at my elbow.
