Chapter X

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

(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 MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

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From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

plural of “balcony” — an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

a container that is usually woven and has handles

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

plural of “basket” — a container that is usually woven and has handles

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

wet with dew

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

dearly loved

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

produce or yield flowers

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

-ing form of “burst” — come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

a digestible substance used to give color to food

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

slightly wet

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

increase twofold

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

to or in any or all places

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

intense or sharp

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

all the plant life in a particular region or period

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

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From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

the act of giving

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

plural of “hawker” — someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

any amazing or wonderful occurrence

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

not any; not one

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

filled or impregnated with perfume

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

plural of “petal” — part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

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From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

a light shade of red

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

plural of “pink” — a light shade of red

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

in a poetic manner

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

produced or growing in extreme abundance

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

housing available for people to live in

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

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From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

plural of “refinement” — a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

possessing material wealth

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

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From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

plural of “scent” — a distinctive odor that is pleasant

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

plural of “slip” — a socially awkward or tactless act

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

plural of “square” — (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

having a natural fragrance

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

plural of “terrace” — usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

in or at that place or location

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

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

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

(of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

having a variety of colors

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

all the plant life in a particular region or period

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

past form of “wander” — move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

having been warmed up

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

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

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

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 The rose-girl comes into one of these little squares that are always soaking, dripping with dirty, black water, puts the basket on the ground, and sings on in a melancholy, drawn-out voice: 'Roses, lovely roses!'

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

in or to any place at all

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

a Caucasian

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

in the company of; together with

From this reading MAY AND SAN GENNARO'S MIRACLE Gentle April opened all the flowers in the gardens, terraces, and balconies in Naples; wherever there was a little earth warmed by the sun, bedewed with rime, a flower sprang up.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Common, uncultivated, popular flowers, quite a humble flora without refinements, having no exquisite colouring or scents, but bright, warm, bursting from the earth with profuse vegetation and plump, full petals.

the words that are spoken

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

From this reading In the damp, dark squares of the low-lying quarters, from Santa Maria la Nova to Porto Piazzetta, from San Giovanni Maggiore to Santi Apostoli, in all these half-popular and cloistral, middle-class and archæological quarters, rose-sellers wandered about; some queer-looking hawkers with big baskets full of cut roses or slips, the root wrapped in a cabbage-leaf, giving such pathetic drawn-out cries that they reached the hearts of sentimental girls.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading April made the big, sweet-smelling, blood-red roses blossom, and the pinks, beloved of the people--white, pink, variegated--_written on_ as they poetically call them, as if these stripes were mystic words; then single and double stocks--white, yellow, red--that the town girls love; they grow them on the damp north balconies of Foria Street; and the mallow with green, perfumed leaves and little pink flowers; but above all, everywhere, roses and pinks--magnificent, velvety, almost arrogant roses, and rich, close pinks bursting their green envelope.