used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
centuriesnounUS /ˈsentʃəriz/
plural of “century” — a period of 100 years
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
countlessadjectiveUS /ˈkaʊntləs/
too numerous to be counted
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
driftingnounUS /ˈdrɪftɪŋ/
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
take in solid food
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
emptinessnounUS /ˈemptinəs/
the state of containing nothing
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
fednounUS /fed/
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
flaredverbUS /flerd/
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
leechnounUS /liːtʃ/
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
Life-givingadjectiveUS /ˈlaɪfɡɪvɪŋ/
giving or having the power to give life and spirit
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
literallyadverbUS /ˈlɪtərəli/
in a literal sense
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
millennianounUS /məˈleniə/
plural of “millennium” — a span of 1000 years
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
radiationnounUS /ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən/
energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
sporenounUS /spɔːr/
a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
unawareadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈwer/
(often followed by “of”) not aware
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
someone who visits
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
voidadjectiveUS /vɔɪd/
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
at the time that
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
