used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
how long something has existed
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
BARNOW
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From this reading THE JEWS OF BARNOW.
clingverbUS /klɪŋ/
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
deep-worn
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From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading F. F. M.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
gleamverbUS /ɡliːm/
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
heritagenounUS /ˈherətədʒ/
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
huntedadjectiveUS /ˈhʌntəd/
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
implacableadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈplækəbəl/
incapable of being placated
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
Israel'snounUS /ˈɪzreɪlz/
possessive form of “israel” — Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
Jew's
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From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
JEWSnounUS /dʒuːz/
plural of “jew” — a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading THE JEWS OF BARNOW.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
lordlyadjectiveUS /ˈlɔːrdliː/
of or befitting a lord
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading F. F. M.
the force of workers available
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
nation'snounUS /ˈneɪʃənz/
possessive form of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE JEWS OF BARNOW.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
people'snounUS /ˈpiːpəlz/
possessive form of “people” — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
readsnounUS /riːdz/
plural of “read” — something that is read
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
scoffverbUS /skɔːf/
laugh at with contempt and derision
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
shrunkenadjectiveUS /ˈʃrʌŋkən/
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
not in physical motion
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
stingverbUS /stɪŋ/
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
a state of acute pain
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE JEWS OF BARNOW.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
a special situation
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
tracesnounUS /ˈtreɪsəz/
plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
wagenounUS /weɪdʒ/
something that remunerates
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
belonging to which person
From this reading "The scoff, the curse--his people's heritage-- Have left upon his shrunken face their sting; His eyes gleam like those of some hunted thing, Against whose life implacable war men wage.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We read the Jew's face as one reads a page Of his own nation's history, for there cling About its lines, deep-worn with suffering, The traces still of Israel's lordly age."
