Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

later than; following

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

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

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

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

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

a long narrow depression in a surface

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

a journey taken for pleasure

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

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

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

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

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

past form of “hope” — expect and wish

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

situated within or suitable for inside a building

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

a small worthless amount

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

engage in

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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 An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

an odd or unusual characteristic

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

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

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

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

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

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

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

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

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

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

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

being of use or service

From this reading This cave, we hoped, might be useful to us afterwards as a store-house.

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

precisely as stated

From this reading Then we cut two large clubs off a species of very hard tree which grew near at hand.

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

From this reading Our first care, after breakfast, was to place the few articles we possessed in the crevice of a rock at the farther end of a small cave which we discovered near our encampment.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.

in the company of; together with

From this reading One of these was given to Peterkin, the other to me, and Jack armed himself with the axe.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading An excursion into the interior, in which we make many valuable and interesting discoveries--We get a dreadful fright--The bread-fruit tree--Wonderful peculiarity of some of the fruit trees--Signs of former inhabitants.