Chapter IV · Chapter 4

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

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

(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 Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

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

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!

eat an early morning meal

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a boy or man

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

in mental comfort; without stress

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

wanted intensely

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

plural of “eater” — someone who consumes food for nourishment

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a movement into or inward

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

provide as food

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

set up or found

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

plural of “gaul” — a person of French descent

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

the act of departing

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

past form of “hint” — drop a hint; intimate by a hint

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

where you live at a particular time

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

possessive form of “homer” — a base hit on which the batter scores a run

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

with honey added

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a person having kinship with another or others

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

immediately past

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

go away from a place

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

possessive form of “lotus” — native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

not any; not one

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

plural of “obligation” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a long wandering and eventful journey

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

above and across; more than

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

possessive form of “palmer” — United States golfer (born in 1929)

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

determined

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

concerned with religion or religious purposes

From this reading Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

from a time in the past until now

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

relating to human society and its members

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

plural of “territory” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

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

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

information about recent and important events

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

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

From this reading The breakfast, as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter, was admirable.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Sacred heaven! what masticators! what bread!

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Palmer's Translation.], forgetful of kin, native country, and all social obligations whatever.

in or at the place that

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

in the company of; together with

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading There was a pate de Perigord, over which a gastronome would have wished to live and die, like Homer's lotus eaters [see the Odyssey, chap. ix, where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: “whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place, but with the Lotus eaters there desired to stay, to feed on lotus and forget his going home.”

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From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading YORICK'S TRAVELS We left our young stranger in France situated more comfortably than he had found himself since entering the territories of the ancient Gauls.