used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
(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 For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
awhileadverbUS /əˈwaɪl/
for a short time
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
bendsnounUS /bendz/
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
BrooknounUS /brʊk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
CreeknounUS /kriːk/
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
crookedadjectiveUS /ˈkrʊkəd/
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
DoomverbUS /duːm/
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
jammedadjectiveUS /dʒæmd/
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
logsnounUS /lɔːɡz/
plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
mishapnounUS /ˈmɪshæp/
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
nastyadjectiveUS /ˈnæsti/
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
Peterson
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
having a point
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
RodgersnounUS /ˈrɑːdʒərz/
United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979)
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
move hurridly
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
season'snounUS /ˈsiːzənz/
possessive form of “season” — a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
shallowadjectiveUS /ˈʃæloʊ/
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
an ability that has been acquired by training
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
stretchesnounUS /ˈstretʃəz/
plural of “stretch” — a large and unbroken expanse or distance
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
sunkenadjectiveUS /ˈsʌŋkən/
having a sunken area
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Rush of Doom To bring a drive of logs down Big Creek Brook required skill, patience and courage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading For awhile all went well, but then mishap after mishap held them back.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The logs jammed in several places, and days were lost in getting them cleared.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a nasty, crooked stream, filled with sunken rocks, bad bends and stretches of shallow water.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Rodgers & Peterson had their logs in the stream early, and everything pointed to a successful season's work.
