used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
centraladjectiveUS /ˈsentrəl/
serving as an essential component
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
dinghynounUS /ˈdɪŋi/
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
eastwardadjectiveUS /ˈiːstwərd/
moving toward the east
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
hogbacknoun
a narrow ridge of hills
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
ten 10s
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
JudenounUS /dʒuːd/
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
the act of departing
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
NatcheznounUS /ˈnætʃez/
a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
overboardadverbUS /ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
to extremes
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
ponded
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From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
reefnounUS /riːf/
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
rowedverbUS /roʊd/
past form of “row” — propel with oars
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
SarahnounUS /ˈserə/
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
SatannounUS /ˈseɪtən/
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
scramblingverbUS /ˈskræmbəlɪŋ/
-ing form of “scramble” — to move hurriedly
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
scrapnounUS /skræp/
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
SellersnounUS /ˈselərz/
English comic actor (1925-1980)
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
transport commercially
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading The reef, seen from the deck of the _Sarah_, showed little sign of a wreck.
structurenounUS /ˈstrʌktʃər/
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One had to land on it to discover that the long hogback of rock rising from the creek had structure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
in or at the place that
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Satan, scrambling, led the way over the rocks to the central creek between the two reef arms, where, ponded round with water, lay the wreck.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
WRECKnounUS /rek/
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading THE WRECK After breakfast, leaving Jude to keep ship, they got the dinghy overboard and rowed for the reef.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Here to eastward the landing was made easy by a scrap of beach a hundred yards long, where the boat of the _Natchez_ was lying, having landed Sellers and his working party.
