Chapter III

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

(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 Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

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

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

exhale hard

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

processing that involves blowing a gas

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

prepare a hot meal

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

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From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

indicating exactness or preciseness

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

having an (over)abundance of flesh

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

-ing form of “flatten” — make flat or flatter

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

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

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

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

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

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

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

used to form the superlative

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

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

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

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

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

a child's room for a baby

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

many times at short intervals

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

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

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

plural of “plant” — buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

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

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

To recall to mind.

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

so extremely intense as to evoke screams

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

with one side forward or to the front

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

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

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

in or at that place or location

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

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

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

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 Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

hard to endure

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

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

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

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

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading “We went there for flow-ers; we went there for mush-rooms and puff-balls; we went there to hear the night-in-gale.”

speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading A DAISY FIELD Peggy sat curled up on the big window seat in the nursery reading _Mary’s Meadow_.

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

From this reading Nurse was down in the kitchen talking to Cook; and the rain was pelting against the window-panes and the wind was blowing the trees all sideways and flattening down the plants in the garden, and screaming round and round the house trying to get in and blow Peggy about too.

the words that are spoken

From this reading Her little fat fingers moved along below the words as she read to herself in a slow whisper:

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading At least, you couldn’t call it exactly reading, but mother had read out bits to her so often that she could remember most of them by heart.