(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 All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.
armournounUS /ˈɑːrmər/
a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
frostedadjectiveUS /ˈfrɔːstəd/
(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
destroyed or killed
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
icyadjectiveUS /ˈaɪsi/
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
plural of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
the force of workers available
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
not any; not one
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.
Remoranoun
marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.
done under pressure
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
solidadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləd/
characterized by good substantial quality
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
be standing; be upright
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
statuesnounUS /ˈstætʃuːz/
plural of “statue” — a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
not in physical motion
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Prince and the Remora_.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If he had been too warm before, the prince was too cold now.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading The prince felt his blood stand still, and he grew faint; but he took heart, for there was no time to waste.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The hill of the Remora was one solid mass of frozen steel, and the cold rushed out of it like the breath of some icy beast, which indeed it _was_.
which person or people
From this reading All around were things like marble statues of men in armour: they were the dead bodies of the knights, horses and all, who had gone out of old to fight the Remora, and who had been frosted up by him.