used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
BaggagenounUS /ˈbæɡədʒ/
cases used to carry belongings when traveling
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
berthsnounUS /bɜːrθs/
plural of “berth” — a job in an organization
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
BuffalonounUS /ˈbʌfəloʊ/
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
bustlingadjectiveUS /ˈbʌsəlɪŋ/
full of energetic and noisy activity
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
every person
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
to or in any or all places
From this reading Water, water everywhere.
the state or fact of existing
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
forlornadjectiveUS /fərˈlɔːrn/
marked by or showing hopelessness
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
huddledadjectiveUS /ˈhʌdəld/
crowded or massed together
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
JnounUS /dʒeɪ/
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
LAKESnounUS /leɪks/
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading THE LAKES.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
go away from a place
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
newspapersnounUS /ˈnuːzpeɪpərz/
plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
NiagaranounUS /naɪˈæɡrə/
waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
pamphletsnounUS /ˈpæmfləts/
plural of “pamphlet” — a small book usually having a paper cover
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
PassengersnounUS /ˈpæsəndʒərz/
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
persecutingverbUS /ˈpɜːrsɪkjuːtɪŋ/
-ing form of “persecute” — cause to suffer
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
STEAMBOATnounUS /ˈstiːmboʊt/
a boat propelled by a steam engine
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
stripverbUS /strɪp/
take away possessions from someone
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAKES.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
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 Water, water everywhere.
in the company of; together with
From this reading SCENE, STEAMBOAT.--_About to leave Buffalo--Baggage coming on board--Passengers bustling for their berths--Little boys persecuting everybody with their newspapers and pamphlets--J., S. and M. huddled up in a forlorn corner, behind a large trunk--A heavy rain falling_.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading After Niagara one would like a dry strip of existence.
