used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
(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 ‘O sister, O sister, come lend me your hand, And you shall have Sir John and all his land.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
cause to move by pulling
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
eldestadjectiveUS /ˈeldəst/
first in order of birth
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘O sister, O sister, come lend me your hand, And you shall have Sir John and all his land.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
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From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand, And I’ll have Sir John and all his land.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading ‘O sister, O sister, come lend me your hand, And you shall have Sir John and all his land.’
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
lendverbUS /lend/
bestow a quality on
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
term of address for a man
From this reading ‘O sister, O sister, come lend me your hand, And you shall have Sir John and all his land.’
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘You shall not have one bit o my hand; Nor will I draw you to dry land.’
youngestadjectiveUS /ˈjʌŋɡəst/
superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading But the youngest sat upon a stone, But the eldest threw the youngest in.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘O sister, oh sister, come lend me your hand, And draw my life into dry land!’
