Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

matters of personal concern

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

later than; following

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

(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 "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

make calm or still

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading DONE IN THE DARKNESS.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

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

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading DONE IN THE DARKNESS.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

Experienced dreams during sleep.

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

the time of day immediately following sunset

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

all things; all of a situation

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

give expression to

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

in a free manner

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

an established custom

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

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

From this reading DONE IN THE DARKNESS.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

in other respects or ways

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

past form of “present” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

compacted by ironing

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

the state of being asleep

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

express in words

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

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

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

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

From this reading DONE IN THE DARKNESS.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

with anxiety or apprehension

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

precisely as stated

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

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

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

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

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."

at the time that

From this reading "I don't see that it was such a very bad dream, after all," said Dennis Wayman, when the story was finished.

in or at the place that

From this reading Before Thomas Milsom, otherwise Black Milsom, could express his surprise, the landlord of the 'Jolly Tar' returned from his business excursion, and presented himself in the dingy little room, where it was already beginning to grow dusk.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Milsom told Dennis Wayman how he had discovered the captain sleeping uneasily, with his head upon the table; and on being pressed a little, Valentine Jernam told his dream as freely as it was his habit to tell everything relating to his own affairs.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You dreamt you were at sea in a dead calm, that's about the plain English of it."