used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
betimesadverb
in good time
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
terminate
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
rid of obstructions
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
clothedadjectiveUS /kloʊðd/
wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
clumpsnounUS /klʌmps/
plural of “clump” — a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
put on clothes
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
farm-houses
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
frostyadjectiveUS /ˈfrɔːsti/
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
gypsiesnounUS /ˈdʒɪpsiz/
plural of “gypsy” — a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
only a very short time before
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
hillsidenounUS /ˈhɪlsaɪd/
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
inhabitedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈhæbətəd/
having inhabitants; lived in
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
JENNYnounUS /ˈdʒeni/
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
lawlessadjectiveUS /ˈlɔːləs/
without law or control
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
held or filled or in use
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
and nothing more
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
pasturenounUS /ˈpæstʃər/
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
plainsnounUS /pleɪnz/
plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
projectingadjectiveUS /prəˈdʒektɪŋ/
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
having a sharp inclination
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
not in physical motion
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
unclaimedadjectiveUS /ənˈkleɪmd/
not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
precisely as stated
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
villagesnounUS /ˈvɪlədʒəz/
plural of “village” — a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
