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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
afireadjectiveUS /əˈfaɪr/
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
(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 (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
aspen'snounUS /ˈæspənz/
possessive form of “aspen” — any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
completely unclothed
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
barknounUS /bɑːrk/
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
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 ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
climbingnounUS /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
coyotenounUS /kaɪˈoʊti/
small wolf native to western North America
From this reading It was a coyote.
don't
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From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
start firing a weapon
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
FOILINGnounUS /ˈfɔɪlɪŋ/
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
halfwayadjectiveUS /ˈhæfˈweɪ/
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a coyote.
jiffynounUS /ˈdʒɪfi/
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Something whisked through the trees under me.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
a brief written record
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
peernounUS /pɪr/
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
ridgenounUS /rɪdʒ/
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
slicknounUS /slɪk/
a slippery smoothness
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
an elevated geological formation
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something whisked through the trees under me.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
spreadingnounUS /ˈspredɪŋ/
process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Something whisked through the trees under me.
the upper part of anything
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
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 Something whisked through the trees under me.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Something whisked through the trees under me.
the topmost one of two
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
veilingnounUS /ˈveɪlɪŋ/
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
From this reading (Note 47.) All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The ridge must be afire; the fire was spreading along our side; and if we tried for the opposite slope and the bare spot we might be caught halfway!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading FOILING THE FIRE I don't know what a record I made in climbing that tree--an aspen's bark is slick--but in a jiffy I was at the top and could peer out.
whiskedverbUS /wɪskt/
past form of “whisk” — move somewhere quickly
From this reading Something whisked through the trees under me.
