Chapter I

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

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

(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 A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading MACMILLAN AND CO.

plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

in a state of sleep

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

possessive form of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

eat an early morning meal

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a junior Girl Scout

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a game played with playing cards

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading MACMILLAN AND CO.

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

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 Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a baby bed with sides and rockers

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

demanding attention

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

a ringing sound

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

Experienced dreams during sleep.

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

an udder or breast or teat

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

being one more than seven

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

transport from one place to another

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

feel or handle with the fingers

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

having sore or tired feet

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

playful like a lively kitten

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a farewell remark

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

shoot down, of birds

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

sometimes placed in genus Scilla

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

adult female chicken

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

jump lightly

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

be the source of pain

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

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

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a small worthless amount

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

young sheep

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a very young lamb

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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From this reading MACMILLAN AND CO.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

having no living or known mother

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

expressing sorrow

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

not any; not one

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

according to the clock

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

above and across; more than

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

domestic swine

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

to hold fast or prevent from moving

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

exactly

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

the sound of a bell ringing

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

express in words

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

express in words

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a special situation

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

plural of “thorn” — something that causes irritation and annoyance

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a shaky motion

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

a formal word for “on”

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

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 Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

(used informally) very small

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Currants on a bush Dancing on the hill-tops Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush “Ding a ding” Eight o’clock Ferry me across the water Fly away, fly away over the sea “Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow” Growing in the vale Heartsease in my garden bed Hear what the mournful linnets say Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth Hop-o’-my-thumb and little Jack Horner Hopping frog, hop here and be seen How many seconds in a minute?

a Caucasian

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

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

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?

in the company of; together with

From this reading A baby's cradle with no baby in it A city plum is not a plum A diamond or a coal?

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Hurt no living thing I am a King I caught a little ladybird I dreamt I caught a little owl I dug and dug amongst the snow If all were rain and never sun If a mouse could fly If a pig wore a wig If hope grew on a bush If I were a Queen If stars dropped out of heaven If the moon came from heaven If the sun could tell us half I have a little husband I have a Poll parrot I have but one rose in the world I know a baby, such a baby In the meadow—what in the meadow?

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading A frisky lamb A house of cards A linnet in a gilded cage All the bells were ringing A motherless soft lambkin An emerald is as green as grass Angels at the foot A pin has a head, but has no hair A pocket handkerchief to hem A ring upon her finger A rose has thorns as well as honey A toadstool comes up in a night A white hen sitting Baby cry Baby lies so fast asleep Blind from my birth Boats sail on the rivers Bread and milk for breakfast Brown and furry Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk Clever little Willie wee Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed Crying, my little on, footsore and weary?