Chapter XXXV

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

(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 In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “blade” — especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

travel across or pass over

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “curve” — the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “cushion” — a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

only a very short time before

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

in a beseeching manner

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

projecting inward

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

comparative of “loud” — characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

of or relating to or used in microscopy

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a brief written record

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

above and across; more than

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

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From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

third-person singular of “pour” — cause to run

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

plural of “produce” — fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

plural of “ridge” — a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

precisely, exactly

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “roll” — rotary motion of an object around its own axis

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “ruin” — an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

made smooth by ironing

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

plural of “sorrow” — an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

toward the south

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

the season of growth

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)

From this reading In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair.

an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

plural of “tomb” — a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

From this reading The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs.

plural of “uncertainty” — being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades.

plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

in the company of; together with

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world--a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring.

but in spite of that

From this reading CLOUDS OVER THE SEA The high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death.