used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
DeernounUS /dɪr/
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
(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 He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
HEARSverbUS /hiːrz/
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
hiding-place
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From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
hunternounUS /ˈhʌntər/
someone who hunts game
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
huntersnounUS /ˈhʌntərz/
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
leafnounUS /liːf/
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
LIGHTFOOT
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From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
Lightfoot's
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From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
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 He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
easily agitated
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
on one occasion
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
try to get or reach
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
the act of searching for something
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
startleverbUS /ˈstɑːrtəl/
to stimulate to action
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
suspectingverbUS /səˈspektɪŋ/
-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
which person or people
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
