used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
anvilnounUS /ˈænvəl/
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
exhale hard
From this reading Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea!
breatheverbUS /briːð/
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea!
the act of burning something
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
flamingadjectiveUS /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/
informal intensifiers
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
forgeverbUS /fɔːrdʒ/
create by hammering
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
fortunesnounUS /ˈfɔːrtʃənz/
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
a unit of instruction
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
LONGFELLOWnounUS /ˈlɔːŋfeloʊ/
United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)
From this reading HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading SWEET AND LOW.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea!
shapedadjectiveUS /ʃeɪpt/
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
soundingadjectiveUS /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading SWEET AND LOW.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea!
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea!
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught!
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
