used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
boat-house
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From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
BurtonnounUS /ˈbɜːrtən/
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading --_Richard Burton_.
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 Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
foldnounUS /foʊld/
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
brought together in one place
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
GillespienounUS /ɡəˈlespi/
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
harkverbUS /hɑːrk/
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
homelyadjectiveUS /ˈhoʊmli/
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
located inward
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
loomverbUS /luːm/
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
marvelverbUS /ˈmɑːrvəl/
be amazed at
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
by chance
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
mutelyadverb
without speaking
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
oftadverbUS /ɔːft/
many times at short intervals
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
outcastnounUS /ˈaʊtkæst/
a person who is rejected (from society or home)
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
plainsnounUS /pleɪnz/
plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
Richard
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From this reading --_Richard Burton_.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
shepherd'snounUS /ˈʃepərdz/
possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
tameless
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
They're
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
at the time that
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
in or at the place that
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
