used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading May we hang all our stockings in a row?”
anew
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
(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 THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies all talked at once.
BabiesnounUS /ˈbeɪbiz/
plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It was December and Christmas was coming.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
dashverbUS /dæʃ/
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading It was December and Christmas was coming.
December'snounUS /dɪˈsembərz/
possessive form of “december” — the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
DWARF'S
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
firesidenounUS /ˈfaɪərsaɪd/
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
Ink-Bottle
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was December and Christmas was coming.
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “May we hang up our stockings now?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “May we hang up our stockings now?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
on one occasion
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies all talked at once.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “May we hang up our stockings now?
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading May we hang all our stockings in a row?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “May we hang up our stockings now?
SantanounUS /ˈsæntə/
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
Santa'll
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
sleighnounUS /sleɪ/
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
StockingsnounUS /ˈstɑːkɪŋz/
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies all talked at once.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Ink-Bottle Babies said, “May we hang up our stockings now?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was December and Christmas was coming.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LITTLE DWARF’S CHRISTMAS Old December’s come again; Stockings large and small, Hang by the fireside with care, For Santa’ll fill them all; I heard the Ink-Bottle Babies cry, “Santa will in his sleigh dash by; We always like to have him call, For we have stockings large and small!”
