anew
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
(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 Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
BagsnounUS /bæɡz/
plural of “bag” — a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
plural of “call” — a telephone connection
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
start firing a weapon
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
hastenverbUS /ˈheɪsən/
act or move at high speed
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
holidaysnounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪz/
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
how
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From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
HowlingnounUS /ˈhaʊlɪŋ/
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
husknounUS /hʌsk/
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
leaflessadjectiveUS /ˈliːfləs/
having no leaves
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
go away from a place
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
loadsnounUS /loʊdz/
a large number or amount
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
nutsadjectiveUS /nʌts/
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
playmatesnounUS /ˈpleɪmeɪts/
plural of “playmate” — a companion at play
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
ripeadjectiveUS /raɪp/
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
with low volume
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
temptingadjectiveUS /ˈtemptɪŋ/
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh! how tempting ripe they hang: Softly, softly pull them down, Lest the bright brown nuts should fall, And leave the empty husk alone.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Howling through the leafless trees, Winter calls his northern breeze.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
we'll
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From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
at the time that
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading These shall be our winter store, When Christmas holidays are come; Then round the fire we'll social be, And give our happy playmates some.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bags and pockets all are full, And evening says we must not stay; With heavy loads we'll hasten home, And come again another day.
