used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
accusernounUS /əˈkjuːzər/
someone who imputes guilt or blame
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
in the past
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
brushedadjectiveUS /brʌʃt/
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
put or send forth
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
clothedadjectiveUS /kloʊðd/
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading DARKNESS.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
dumbadjectiveUS /dʌm/
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
firsnounUS /fɜːrz/
plural of “fir” — nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
flingverbUS /flɪŋ/
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
an instinctive motive
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
mangledadjectiveUS /ˈmæŋɡəld/
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
not in physical motion
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
overcameverbUS /ˈoʊvərˈkeɪm/
inflected form of “overcome” — win a victory over
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
precipicenounUS /ˈpresəpəs/
a very steep cliff
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
rushesnounUS /ˈrʌʃəz/
plural of “rush” — the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
rustlingnounUS /ˈrʌslɪŋ/
the stealing of cattle
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
cut with a saw
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
seedlingnounUS /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/
young plant or tree grown from a seed
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had flung herself over the cliff.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
verdurenoun
green foliage
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
in or at the place that
From this reading His first impulse was to fling himself over the edge where she had cast away her life a minute ago; but common sense overcame that movement of despair.
a Caucasian
From this reading He looked over the cliff, and saw her lying among the rocks, a white motionless figure, mangled and crushed, dumb and dead, his victim and his accuser.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That rustling noise was the sound of her gown as it brushed against the rushes and seedling firs that clothed the precipice with verdure.
